The nearer we got to Dallas, the darker the sky became. At one point it got so dark we checked the scanner for weather alerts. Nothing too bad mentioned, just risk of thunderstorms and high winds. We have had high winds all the way from New York State. Getting used to them now. However, they did not mention the extreme rain we encountered that lasted about an hour just outside Dallas. At times we could just see the vehicle ahead of us. Then the sky cleared as quickly as it had got dark, now 85f. And stayed that way for the rest of the day. We do remeber the weather like this when we were trucking Texas.
Just east of Ranger TX we could see a huge cloud of smoke a head of us.
As we got nearer it got larger.
It turned out to be a picnic area that had caught fire.
Due to the high winds it had spread both sides of the picnic and rest area.
The fire fighters were doing a real good job.
From Ranger we headed to Abilene State Park. Arrived about 5.30 pm. 297363
It cooled down very quickly. Not sure if it was due to the approaching mountains or the dessert area.
Still complete fire ban, all due to the high winds and dry trees.
Relaxing evening.
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