Gretna Nebraska to St. Joseph Missouri 155 miles
Day 45
When the weather is bad here, it is very, very bad.
We woke up to cold temperatures and heavy, heavy rain. The radar showed storms all around us, especially in the directions that we going. The rain never stopped as we headed east on I80 through Omaha then south on I29 towards Kansas City Missouri.
Jim grew weary of fighting the gusty winds and trying to see through the sheets of rain on the windshield. We considered going through Kansas city then turning east on I70. We wondered if we really could outrun the storms, but decided not to try and stopped for the day after only 155 stressed filled miles.
For the rest of the afternoon we watched the weather channel as these horrific storms dropped tornadoes on Oklahoma. We were heading in that direction, so we are very grateful that we stopped when we did. One of the things that helped here in St Joseph, to deter the formation of tornadoes was that it stayed very cold for this time of year...only in the mid to upper 40's! I've been cold all day, the minute the heat turns off, I'm cold again.
It is still raining hard, but they say it should end soon...good, makes too much noise on a motor home roof!
Tomorrow - I haven't a clue...
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Whew! Glad you stopped and didn't get in the path of those tornadoes! First thing I said this morning....OMG....I hope Kathy & Jim aren't near where those storms were!! Stay safe!
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Thanks for the concern. One good thing about getting older is that men realize that they are NOT immortal!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to buy you a parka...for when you travel in that RV in the Lower 48! My goodness you have really had the weather this trip!
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