Sunday, April 24, 2016

What Plan? From Livingston to Wellington, Kansas

The rains finally stopped and so we hitched up and drove a short hop to Mineola, Texas. There we found a nice but pricey Civic Center Park. As we walked Molly we were treated to the sight of two swallow tail flycatchers. Unfortunately we did't have a camera.
That night I heard several helicopters that sounded really close, and they were! Right next to the park is a emergency medical center and helicopters land there to fly patients to the nearest hospital. The plan was to stay there for two nights but the Weather Chanel was predicting big storms and high winds so we left the next day and drove to Ardmore, Oklahoma.
There we stayed at Hidden Lake Rv Park and again we planned to stay for two nights. However the weather forecast of a day of strong southerly winds would allow us to make a run to Wellington, Kansas, (that and a forecast of possible tornadoes and fifty plus winds on Sunday, oh my)!
After a easy days drive we reached Wellington and parked at a pricey park. Not a lot of choice here but oh well, its a big pull through. We decided to head into the city to check out the museums and downtown area, only to discover that most of the stores were closed and that the Museums weren't open till May, (ok the Depression Glass Museum was open till four but we didn't have enough time as it was after three pm when we got there).
The new forecast for today is for high winds, hail up to baseball size, and possible tornado's. It will be a busy day staying glued to the tv for weather updates and the radar images on our smart phones. The severe weather plan, if rotation is spotted on the radar, (we live in an rv), is to jump in the truck and drive north or south, avoiding any tornado or hail. We have done that before when we were in North Dakota and it worked out.
Tomorrow the wind is supposed to be somewhat calm and we will try to drive to York, Nebraska. The forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday is getting worse so again once there we will sit for a few nights and watch the weather. Clear skies

2 comments:

  1. You should have stayed at my sister's!!! In OKC! Mona

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