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Day 1 – Tuesday

KY, OH, IN, IL, IA.  Not bad for the first day.

Pretty uneventful – just a few observations;

Lunch was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, minus the jelly since it did not make it in to the cooler.

IL and IA = windy, windier, and windierest.  Sometimes you need a new word to describe a new experience.

Camped last night at Coralville Lake in IA = stormy, stormier, stormierest.  There was lightning and thunder for a good part of the night.  Maybe we should have suspected something when we checked in and the guy said something about the bathroom being a good strong storm shelter in case we needed it.  Apparently there were tornados throughout the state on Tuesday.  I found it interesting that when the light flashed behind my eyelids I started counting 1,000-1, 1,000-2…..Most of the time I got to 1.000-5.  But not always.  My biggest concern was the bikes on the back of the van.  Jack made it clear that we were to save the bikes first, our lives came later.  Could we untie and unhitch the bikes in time to get them in to the bathroom with us???

Supper last night was to be cold meatloaf sandwiches (keeping it simple) but it appeared that the meatloaf is hanging out with the jelly at home.

The campground was an interesting area; lakes, rivers, fossil beds.  Sites were nice.  We were alone in the tent area. (Who would find the bodies?)   No frills but good.  Warm, free, clean showers in the a.m.  I couldn’t pass that up – and no crowd.  And you’ve got to love that senior pass.  $6. for the night.  My guy really knows how to treat a woman.

This morning when we awoke things were mostly dry.  It would appear that the wind took care of most of the moisture for us except for the rain fly.  Grateful not to be packing up in the rain.

On the road again.  Let the adventure continue…