It's a Barn thing..

Woke up this morning to news that a tornado hit our old stomping grounds of Eldon, Mo and Jefferson City, Mo. First thing to do... call family.  Check on friends; pour over the hundreds of photos and video footage that is all over social media. I praise God for the protection over family, friends, and everyone in those towns. No fatalities in either town.

After we dropped our load in Rose City it was  . To Saginaw to pick up a load and take it to Holiday City, Oh.  On the way, I noticed a pattern of old, two story houses with WOOD barns... NO METAL BARNS. They were beautiful.

I have concluded that the people of these counties in Ohio are trying to preserve their old barns, possibly for barn swallows. Barn swallows don't nest in metal barns. Ohio is also known for their painted barn quilts that dot the countryside.

I hope to paint one of these beauties on the side of my garage this summer.  I'll keep you posted.

Another one for my bucket list!!!

My bucket list .... I was able to cross off another state this trip. I have been to 38 states now!!

I checked off Michigan this trip. Wow, what a beautiful state. I wanted to take shoreline trip around Lake Michigan to see all the light houses, but time and the size of the vehicle I was in were not on my side.

So I had to settle for the road side welcome center props. Lol.  We drove close to two of the great lakes, which I was able to see Lake Michigan but never caught a glimpse of Lake Huron. Maybe I will see it next time.  Did I mention that would be a check off of  my bucket list again...to see all five great lakes? We pulled into to Rose City, Michigan, a town with one street and no stop lights. I guess you could call it a One horse town. 🐎🐎🐎

We settled in for the night, glued to the weather channels as another round of severe storms were going thru southeastern Kansas and southwest Missouri. As we watched video footage of a tornado hitting Carl Junction, Mo. I was transported back to that fateful day of May 22,2011, when a tornado hit Joplin. It's strange how the brain works. It's like living it all over again, even though you know the difference.

Today we had a very uneventful day of traveling across wide open spaces. Spent alot of time working on crafts, while the countryside zipped by. The big entertainment for the day was watching the cat trying to attack the washing squeegee while Mark was washing the windows.

Indiana us pretty flat. There is not much to see, but there is a pretty good little pizza place where we are staying tonight, called Dwight's Pizza. I have had alot of pizza in my lifetime, including pizza in Rome, Italy. THIS WAS GOOD PIZZA. The owner was a nice guy, who had stories to tell. It made me stop and think about how in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, we are so busy we cant stop long enough to listen....to just listen to others.  I am so fortunate to ge the opportunity o travel the country and meet people in all diff6places. God is so good!

Off again...

May 20, 2019

It's that time again. Off I go on the big red truck with one handsome driver, aka my husband. It has been a very busy weekend, I am looking forward to some quite time to just chill and enjoy the road.  Where to you ask?  MICHIGAN!

As we headed to Joplin to pick up our load, we see a very familiar scene, as of late, in Tornado Alley.... a severe storm heading our direction.
We made it to the shippers and hooked up just in time to stay dry. The rain started just after leaving the city limits of Joplin.  As the weather radar indicated, we would be trying to out run the rain for most of our day.
Needless to say it was a very long sleepless night, as the storm finally caught up with us in Dinwoodie, Mo.

On another note, this is what hit our town of Pittsburg Kansas...

Luckily our neighborhood is fine. Damage waa done on the south side of town.