We're ready

On June 28th we drove to nearby Cambridge, Ohio.  Tim heard there was a great donut shop and a glass museum.  The donut shop was OK and the National Museum of Cambridge Glass was great.  The exhibits were extremely well displayed inside of well lighted cases reflecting the chronological history of their glass.  The museum also had a couple of rooms depicting a setting using period glass.  We had the museum to ourselves and were given a "private" tour by a knowledgeable guide.  Worth the visit.

We walked around downtown Cambridge and decided to return to the RV because it was hot and getting to be late afternoon.  We just got out of Cambridge and received a text message from Linda's brother-in-law that a bad storm was headed our way.  Looking at radar the storm was about an hour away.  We got back to camp, put things away, secured everything, and turned to electrical power off in case of a power surge. 
We grabbed food, water, ponchos, lights, & something to read and headed to the shower/shelter house.  We warned some nearby campers.  The campground host seemed oblivious to the storm.  We were the only people initially in the shelter.  A half hour later it was packed.

The storm soon came in.  We watched trees fall, limbs flying, awnings wrapped over RV roofs, canopies sailing, and tents dislodged.   Of course the power went out, but we were prepared.  We could see Big Red from the shelter.  It seemed to hold up well.  After the storm passed we ventured out to inspect damage.  Big Red was unscathed, but the campground was not.  We had no power that night and the prospects were grim about power returning.  We decided to try to leave.  Tim road his bike up the campground road and found it blocked.  Hours later equipment arrived to remove the blockage.

Downed trees blocking campground exit road

Equipment to remove trees from the road

I hope the above video runs on this blog.

The campground road was finally cleared by 1 p.m. the day after the storm.  We got in Big Red and headed a day early to Holmes County for Scenic Hills RV Park.  We watched the national news as we drove to Holmes County and it talked about the damage done in and around Cambridge.  Yep we were there!