Our Safe (Terra) Port In A Storm...

Bad weather bearing down on Jackson Center, OH.

It was around 3:30 pm when our Flying Cloud arrived at its birthplace - the Airstream Factory in Jackson Center, Ohio.

Our Flying Cloud (and truck)

We're here to have work done, and to have additional awnings installed for extra shade when we're out and a little "exposed". You can see the one long awning on the "curb" side of The Cloud. It really comes in handy when it's been so sunny and hot. We're adding an awning to the back of the coach, as well as a long (but narrower) awning on the "street" side for additional shade over the windows on that exposure.

There is high wind and lightning in those clouds!

We were happy to have again parked at Airstream's campground (called the TerraPort), and had only been here about forty five minutes when we noticed "weather" approaching from the west. We got the antenna up and pulled in the Weather Channel to find that there were severe storm warnings/watches for our area. Then Handsome turned on his computer and went to the NOAA website to see that those storms were quickly bearing down on us!

Why do weather reporters feel the need to give you the worst-case scenario? I mean, they were talking about the possibility of the Derecho (I never heard of this before until last week!), or even tornadoes!

I managed to get outside to snap a few photos before the wind came up bringing lightning and lots of rain. It took two of us to wrestle the antenna back into its safe down position while we weathered out the storm. We even heard the city sirens sounding while we were safely tucked inside our Flying Cloud.

For some inexplicable reason, I was relaxed and unworried. We're in Airstream's campground after all. I took a nap.

When I woke up, I gave Taggart his dinner and then made dinner for Handsome and me. The air is cooler now and the storms have passed.

A peaceful moonrise after the storm.

I took this photo from inside our Cloud as the moon is rising over the TerraPort. We knew it was going to be a quiet night and sleep came easily.

Today we'll look forward to seeing old friends at the Service Center and going off to do some exploring as they work on our coach. I'm sure The Corgi will have some interesting things to share with you tomorrow. (You know how much he looks forward to seeing you every week, right?)