We had quite the weekend!! Started off that there were zero campsites left at the lake and there is usually at least non-electrical but there wasn't. So we didn't end up taking our camper and bumper with my folks in there camper. We had beautiful weather on Saturday and Sunday (my folks left on Sunday so it was just hubby and I left)!! Monday they were calling for thunderstorms so we went fishing first thing but the clouds came up from no where so we went and took the boat out right away (9:30am), we tarped the boat up, parked the campsite and put the stove under the awning and the thunder was roaring and rain started to trickle. That let up and we were back outside just hanging out and cooking lunch. 2:30pm another thunder storm rolls in, this time a little worse and then they post "tornado warnings". So we packed up all the chairs, put the awning in, we were ready for a good wind....nothing came. It was beautiful out so we went and hauled fire wood, made a fire, cooked supper, sat around the fire for quite awhile, had the awning out again to let it dry. Went to bed around 10pm and it was still really nice out. Sleeping already... the wind picked up at 11pm and I put the awning in. Sleeping again... 11:40 pm we got a loud knock on the door saying there is a tornado coming across the lake. We panicked...I grabbed the camera and hubby grabbed a cell phone and we jumped in the truck and started driving... not sure where or what our plan was...Finally we came to our senses and we went to the cement shower house (no one there), just running 20 feet into the shower house we were completely soaked head to toe as the sky was literally falling!! Called my folks at home and asked them to check the radar online they said there was a nasty system coming through there but it should end soon...we heard voices and figured there was people in the ladies shower house so ran over there. It was a lady and 4 teenagers (they were there for swimming lessons). We were wondering why there was no one else in the shower houses for cover but she said most people left the campsites and went to cabins of friends because they were all locals just camping down there for the swimming lessons. So we hung out there for 1 hour and my folks called and said the severe system had moved through. We went back to the camper and hardly slept a wink from the sheer fear of another tornado brewing... finally when the sun started to shine we fell asleep.
Then it was time to get up and get ready to head to the city for some shopping and my u/s.
I had no desire to eat but thought I should so I had some grapes... we were an hour down the road and nausousness kicked in... gotta started and puke on the side of the road (the joys). Then I was good to go again and enjoyed the scenes of a whole new country scene I had never saw before.
Did some Costco shopping, shopping at the mall a bit, went for our amazing u/s and then shopping again and hit the road home. I was just started to fall asleep and hubby woke me and he was too tired to drive so we switched and then I was WIDE awake thank goodness and drove for most of the way home.
It was so nice to unpack and be home for the sake of being home/safe & sound!!
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