Tornado

 3/15- Elk Harbor RV Park, Cumberland City TN

   Well the whole story today is the tornadoes. Reading Facebook and you would believe that we could have never survived the storm. It depicted the area we were driving into as one of the most dangerous for tornadoes and damaging winds. It’s not quite over here yet but it was a pretty good lightning storm and it rained quite heavily but we survived. The campground people were nice and they volunteered to open their restaurant in case of a tornado so we could all get in there. Now though the temperature is projected to drop and continue dropping all day tomorrow. There is also snow in the forecast so we have opted to hang here tomorrow. 

   The ride over this morning was very windy. Whenever the wind was on my side I had to be alert for those sudden unexpected lane changes. In Missouri it was mostly all plowed fields of rice corn or cotton. Apparently the soil in the Missouri heel is better for cotton than the Arkansas side of the border. 

   The Mississippi was big brown and roiled up in the wind when we crossed into Tennessee. It was a two hander on the narrow bridge and I was glad to see Tennessee. Tennessee was more rolling hills and lakes with hardwood forests. Our campground is up on hill overlooking a long lake. It is a little rustic and is filled with mostly full timers. 

    In a little side note I had forgotten to mention one of the shops in the mini-mall we stayed at yesterday was kind of interesting. It was a school for baton twirlers. Girls (and I assume boys) could come and learn how to twirl batons. I’m not sure how much call there is for that sort of thing but I know where I can get lessons now. 

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