Our next long trip is just about a week away. This time, we are headed to Michigan, and several other states in the upper Midwest, adding seven new states to our been-there, camped-there, done-that map.
The trip was actually planned months ago, and we probably would have left around the end of May, except our traveling buddies - Cheryl and Travis Shelton - had commitments that would keep them here until next week.
During the interim, Mother Nature has been doing her best to make this trip interesting, to say the least. For example:
- Flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and several tributaries have inundated parts of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisiana – places that are all on our itinerary.
- Tornadoes in Missouri, Minnesota, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
- 100 mph straight-line winds last week that destroyed a campground on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border.
Now, the State of Minnesota has shut down due to a budget crisis, closing one of the state parks where we we have reservations.
Well, we’re not wimping out – We’re going anyway!
But…..If there’s an earthquake in Indiana, or a meteor hits Kentucky any time in the next couple days, I’m staying home.
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