Change of Plans

Wow did we have storms last night! Thanks goodness the campground we were in had a large burm around the one side of the campground that the wind was coming from. I really thought a tornado was coming. The RV was just a rocking from the wind. I do like lightening storms. I like to watch the sky light up and follow the strike. But this was a bit too much.  In the morning you would never have know how much rain came. The pond, that was directly in front of us, was so still & reflecting the sky.      Pretty.

Tommy and I were talking and both felt like Forrest Gump when he was running and running. One day he just stopped and said he was going home. That is kind of how we felt. We  have been gone for over six months and move quite frequently. We realized we are tired and either needed to stay put in one area for several days or head home. So the reasonable thing to do was drive another 600 miles to Branson, MO to see my brother! What’s another 600? We will be there for a bit and that will recharge our internal batteries. We were going to go there on our trip out, but in March the weather was still cold, so we dropped more south for warmth. It will be a couple of long driving days but they will be worth it to see my little brother Dave, his wife Jackie, and twins Aly and Cameron.

On our way southwest we saw more tractor trailers carrying wind mills parts. The amount of our support vehicles needed for transporting the gigantic things are unbelievable. There were at least six. There was a police vehicle, two trucks, one if front and back, carrying the wide load signs, one vehicle to raise the electric wires if needed, and two others to block traffic if the truck needed to turn.                                                                                        What an operation. 

We have been watching the harvesting of the crops in these huge farms. Wonder what they do with all of this corn? They drop some of it in piles. We saw what looked like the biggest circus tent ever and as we got closer we saw it covered these huge piles of corn.   Out here they make lots and lots of ethanol. I wonder if this corn will find its way into our gas tanks soon.