Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The very nice weather that we had enjoyed the past few weeks seems to be long gone now.  We got up early this morning to get our motorhome in position at the water station to refill our fresh water tank.  It was pouring down rain and getting colder by the minute.  Once that was done, we were very glad to put our rain slickers into the shower to dry while we began the drive in the windy rain toward Indiana.  We had already decided that the weather was far too bad to make it to our originally planned destination for today, Brown County State Park.  Our original intent for staying there was photographing the fall colors, which is no longer possible considering the direction that the weather is taking.  We had to cancel the two days planned for there and make new reservations for something closer for tonight and another park in between Brown County and the next reserved spot north of Knoxville.  Our new reservations are in Peru, IN and Georgetown, KY, which replace the two nights that we were to stay in Brown County.  I write this at a rain-soaked RV park in Peru, IN.  The drive here was not only terribly windy and rainy, but very cold to boot.  Big rig trucks blasted by us constantly as we drove at 45-50 mph in the tempestuous wind and rain.  We stopped for refueling in a rain so cold that the drops felt hard and sharp like ice.  I think it must have been freezing rain.  Though we could still see through the rain some nice fall colors, the weather seems to have deteriorated to the point that we may not get any more good photos of that on this trip.  We were very glad to get set up here for the night, and warmed up some soup for a late lunch before taking a much-needed nap.  Betty is still sleeping as I write this.  Weather forecasts for tomorrow are little better than today.  By the time we get to Tennessee on Thursday we may actually see the sun again.

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