Skies

 Skies:

Saturday night's sunset in Casey, Illinois was one to behold, but should have served as a warning for the thunderstorms that woke us up a few hours later....:



Thankful that we're not tenting as we did 30+ years ago, the sound of thunder in the tin can of an RV is nevertheless daunting, but I'm happy to report that our dog Zoey seemed oblivious to it all --- more than I can say for me!

The morning brought cloudy but dry skies, and a view of the surrounding acres of corn fields..



As great as these last four weeks have been, we've reached that corner where our thoughts turn to home and we're ready to just get back there (it doesn't help that the stretch across the middle of the country seems to take so long!).  So today, we just plodded along the Interstate from eastern Illinois, through Indiana and into Ohio, with not much of interest along the way to report except for more tractor trailers and more rain showers in the afternoon.




We arrived at tonight's destination in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, to a pouring rainstorm, but the skies eventually cleared up and gave us one more show.





Hopefully tonight's red sky means smooth sailing tomorrow!

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