Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Day 2 of Westward Ho



Day 2 of Westward HO
Last night we spent a lovely night in a Park in PA near a lovely lake. The campground was in the woods, but we stopped and took pictures of the lake. We had no hookups last night, but the camper battery gave us light and worked the camper fans over our bed. We actually turned them off early in the night. The temperature was near 80 degrees when we stopped.
It was so quiet and still and peaceful. I lay watching the fireflies dance before I fell asleep.
We woke up at 6 this morning as we had gone to bed so early last night. We both took showers, ate cereal and juice for breakfast and were on the road again by 8:00.
We ran into a lot of rain storms today and spent a lot of time in lines on the highway due to construction. PA is so beautiful, we didn’t mind the slow pace.
The storms continued so we stopped and ate supper to give the front time to move and it did. Now we are in a nice park just inside Ohio. I just heard the train pass on tracks behind the campground which brings to mind the story our campground lady manager told us when we checked in. She warned us about the train because we are in tornado alley.
The story is as follows. A genteel couple from Georgia were camping near the tracks, which they didn’t know were there. When the train came through, the genteel lady paniced and tried to find a place to hide. There is no place even in a fifth wheel to really hide but she huddled down in the tiny bathroom. Then she got stuck. The manager found out when the husband came and asked where a grocery store was. Later he told her it took 2 bottles of cooking oil to get the somewhat robust genteel lady out of the shower.
More the next time.

I will add a little more as we are in our campsite in Lafayette, Indiana and we see the grandkids tomorrow. It's not easy to get online, so don't know how this is going to work. We have a site for two days here with access.

1 comment:

Mainefriend said...

Yesterday's weather was the same in Maine. Lots of rain but it passed quickly. Sunny skies here and hopefully for you too. I loved the story of the removal of the robust lady.
Jody