Yesterday, we left Grand Rapids without a plan. I didn’t even look at a map the day before or on Saturday. I was really interested is seeing Lake Erie, but Anne-Marie had a different view of how many days we have left before we need to be back in Illinois. After about five minutes of spirited conversation, our direction was changed from East to South, and closer to Illinois. With no real direction, and no plan, we had a lot of coordination to achieve, to get us on the right road out of Grand Rapids. We ended up circling town with the Airstream in tow, and finally actually heading South. Anne-Marie choose a KOA just across the Indiana border, and the one closest to a town, South Bend, Indiana.
As we were escorted to our site, we noticed several Airstream trailers parked about the park. Once we were setup, I saw that there were two guys at a picnic table between two of the Airstreams. They were a part of a Rally of the Indiana Unit, and the rest of the group was off touring different directions. After Anne-Marie and I returned from dinner, and shopping, I saw that there was a larger group gathered with the Airstreams, and I joined them. The threat of a incoming storm within minutes, and dinner plans of the Airstream group, dispersed the group.
The storm arrived and hit swift and hard, Anne-Marie and I was watching its progress on the RV Parks cable TV system, and a Tornado was seen forming, and our town was in it’s track, and the cable TV service went off…. I put the outside antenna up, and we continued to track the storm with the weather, storm watch stations. The tornado fizzled, but the wind hit hard, and the rain just a bit harder. The rain has fallen on and off most all night.
The Indiana Airstream group.
A wide view of the group of trailers.
Anne-Marie and I went to breakfast with the Indiana group. The KOA campground serves breakfast on weekends during the summer.
We made new friends, even if our visit was brief. The Airstream group, being mostly weekenders, was quick to depart Sunday morning, as I was told that several had two to four hour drives to get home.
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