We woke up around 2:30 a.m. this morning with the trailer rocking. The wind was so fierce it turned over our rain/wind gauge so I don’t know how high the gusts were but it was concerning. The rain started soon after and poured for some time. It finally stopped and I had about gotten back to sleep when it started again. I was frightened. Tom was worried about tornadoes and I was worried about the trailer tipping over. Did we do anything? Of course not. We lay there in bed worrying. Thankfully no tornadoes or trailer tipping over happened. We awoke to cooler temperatures and less humidity.
We left behind the scary weather in Iowa and headed east through Illinois and north into Wisconsin. We are at Jellystone Park in Caledonia. It’s a huge park and great for kids. There are water parks and bouncy mats. Yogi Bear and Boo Boo make visits and there was a tour with Boo Boo leading the way in a golf cart. We are here for two nights before heading to Indiana.
I’ve about decided we eat too much corn. There continues to be corn fields on both sides of the road through Iowa, Illinois, and even into Wisconsin. If all that corn is sweating no wonder the heat index is so bad. Don’t get me wrong, I love corn on the cob but after finding out about the corn sweat, I’m not so sure it’s worth it.
We had presidents today. There was of course Illinois, the land of Lincoln. Then we had Herbert Hoover’s hometown. Tom asked me what was Hoover known for. I laughed and said he was president. He said no. I said again, he was president. Then he said, “oh the Hoover Dam.” Not long after we saw a sign for Ronald Reagan’s boyhood home. Lot’s of presidents came from Illinois it seems.
We’ll do a little sightseeing tomorrow before the game, I think. We are having refrigerator problems again though. We’re going to have figure that out as well. It’s always something. It was a long day of driving. Karen (RV Life Ap) said on the computer it was 5 hours and 47 minutes. Karen, on the tablet said it was 6 hours 58 minutes. I am also done with Karen.
I’m sleeping in tomorrow if it kills me. Our journey is done today, thank the Lord. I hope your journey was better than mine.
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