The last few days we've been traveling through "Tornado Alley". We started in Louisiana, drove through part of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and we are now in Missouri. We stopped for an extra night in Oklahoma because the weather forecast called for potential thunderstorms and high winds, with the possibility of a tornado thrown in there. We decided it wasn't worth getting on the road. We were at a Core of Engineers campground at Lake Eufaula, which was a very peaceful place to stay for a night or two. From there we drove through Kansas and we are now in Lake of the Ozarks State Park for a couple of days. Our ultimate goal is to get to Indiana by next week, where we'll spend about a month hanging out with our daughter. Many of the campgrounds aren't even open yet, which reminded me that its still pretty early in the year, and we are definately heading north.
We've been doing a lot of driving, and we were ready for some down time, so we haven't done anything too exciting. We did drive through Paris TX to check out the "great pie" they have there, but it turned out Paul remembered the name of the town wrong, so there was no great pie. Oh well.
Tomorrow we are going on a 9 mile hike. I am really looking forward to getting some exercise.
We drove through Tornado Alley in 2009 and I spent many nights listening to the weather radio. Be safe and enjoy your hike tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteTravel safe and have some down time. 9 mile hikes may be down time for you but not for me. I wish!
ReplyDeleteWe lived all our lives in tornado country but never actually saw one. Now Dave won't drive in Tornado Alley this time if year. Something about living in a motorhome instead of a house with a basement, I think.
ReplyDelete9 miles!! You are absolutely my idol!
ReplyDeleteI've been worrying about you when I heard the weather reports. Glad to hear you are ok.
It snowed here today...just a little, but enough to let us know its still winter.