A severe storm came through Mounds State Park on my last night, with tornado warnings. A bunch of campers left, and the rangers came around to offer us alternate sites that weren’t under trees. I and several others stayed: I was adjacent to restrooms should the worst happen. I was napping when the storm hit; the thunder woke me and almost immediately after, I heard a crack and a large limb broke off the walnut tree over my car. I was lucky: it missed my car by about a foot.

Moe was terrified, and showed it by shedding hair all over my camper. But the park staff was quick to clear the debris, and by the next morning Moe was back to his happy, goofy self.

Now we are in Lieber State Recreational Area, on a large man-made lake. I’m eager to go kayaking,but first I HAD to do laundry. Days of rain and high humidity have rendered all my clothes and bedding damp and smelly.

At the moment, I have the only occupied site in this little cul-de-sac and, while it looks completely isolated, the showers are right behind me, down a short path. The weekend is coming, so we’ll see how long this privacy lasts!