Storm Runners

Last night after a yummy dinner of barbeque and fried pie, (quite yummy), Ted sat down to check the weather. I had just gotten comfortable and found a good book. As I sat reading and listening to the ROAR of the freight trains (2 tracks right next to our campsite) I could hear Ted muttering. Trying to ignore him/concentrate on my book, I kept reading. Unable to read, with all of his mutterings, I finally asked. He put the weather channel on the iPad for me, severe thunderstorms, large hail, and possible tornadoes. When the meteorologist says "stay by a basement," we listen. So according to maps and radar and considering driving time, it’s off to Indiana. We will find some excitement there and hopefully no tornadoes. We have places we’d like to visit (and revisit-fried pies) so we will be heading back to St. Louis. We are going to ride a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Hannibal, Missouri where Tom Sawyer takes place is not far from there. It will also give us time to start reading Tom Sawyer before our steamboat ride.

To our Magic Tree House Book Club Friends: book 23 is Twister on Tuesday (Katie and Chelsea said they’re going to reread it today)

The Great Wall of China
Birthdays in our family are usually quite the celebration. The birthday person gets to choose the activities and is in charge for the day. However, because of the impending weather, Ted was in a hurry to get going this morning. Let me just take a moment here to explain that everyone has their own jobs in the camper. This makes everything run smoothly and efficiently. Just the way I like it. In Ted’s haste to depart, he did some of my jobs. Before I do any of my departure routines, I always put Sheba in her kitty carrier first. Sheba is very smart. So when she saw Ted getting the camper ready to travel, she of course- hid. After I found her (wedged in the corner between the bed and the wall), I had to get her out. (Why doesn’t she just leave her there, you think? Well that’s another story). How hard can it be you think? Remember this is not a typical bedroom or bed. So as I was laying one leg partially wedged between the wall and my left arm contorted wedged diagonally to feel around for the cat, I remembered an episode of Horrible Histories that the kids and I had just watched. In ancient China when Emperor Chin had The Great Wall of China constructed, everyone had their own job. When the characters Mo and Stitch went back in time to learn about The Great Wall, they did someone else’s job. They were sentenced to execution. (They escaped) The kids and I were appalled, sentenced to execution for doing someone else’s job, unbelievable. As I was wedged between the bed and the wall contorted trying to use a spatula to get the cat out, I thought maybe Emperor Chin had his reasons.

Postscript >>> We ended up in Louisville Kentucky where we are spending the night (4/15).  The storm(s) forecasts changed to include most of Indiana so we went futher south to Kentucky.  Hey, that means 23 states now instead of 22!!!