Stormy weather

Meridian, Mississippi …Arrived Sunday, beautiful lakefront site with spectacular sunsets. We are surrounded on 3 sides with the beautiful Okatibee Lake. One of the prettiest places we’ve stayed. Lots of nice hiking and several miles of biking.
Today is cloudy and we are expecting rain through Saturday. We will stay a couple a more days due to the stormy weather and the desire not to drive in it. It is getting darker and darker outside, expecting some severe weather. Hope we don’t blow away.
Dale has been out treasure hunting with his metal detector. He has found many matchbox toys and almost 2 gallons of gas money. It’s nice to have a husband who goes off to work each day.
Did you know you can cook macaroni in the microwave, yup you can. And you can cook cornbread in an electric skillet…yup you can and it turns out very nice.

And the next day...

Oh MY!!! Don't know if you heard the news about the weather in this part of the country. We have not only heard it but experienced it in an RV! Around midnight the rain intensified to a mighty roar. The lightening flashed and boomed continually throughout the sky. I kept hearing the "freight train" sounds the folks talk about just before the tornado strikes. I was thinking we would end up in the lake just a few feet behind us. It certainly was not sleeping weather.

We did survive the storm, but just a few miles from us a tornado did level a few homes and businesses. Violent storms were once again predicted for last night (Thursday 3/26). We decided to try to get behind the storms and headed almost 400 miles west to Ajax, La., a small RV park across the street from a log mill. A little daytime NOISE!...but the storm and tornado's just bypassed us about 45 miles north of here. WHEW!...today (Friday 3/37) is cloudy with some rain predicted, but I'll take the rain and like it! Wow Virginia is peaceful....spring in the south is apparently NOT the time to travel. We will be here until Monday am and then head to Texas.