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Safe and Sound and on the Ground...

2/24/2016

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Which is more than the people in a southern Louisiana RV park can say. While we were heading west yesterday across the northern part of the state, an RV park in Convent, LA was hit by a very destructive tornado. One person died and at least 29 were taken to the hospital. Over 100 RVs were damaged. Apparently many of the residents were traveling for work, which we have encountered every place we stayed. Most seem to be working on pipelines. My heart goes out to these people and what they are facing in the upcoming days and weeks.
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We arrived at Tyler State Park without incident, although the driving rain meant it was not a fun trip. The daughter-in-law of one of Butch's cousins, Shannon, is the assistant park manager here and her husband Josh is a former student of mine. They have three adorable boys and we visited with them several times when Shannon was the manager at Bellevue State Park in Iowa.

There are no bears here but Josh warned us about cottonmouths, water moccasins, and armadillos. Shannon said there are also a lot of feral pigs. All of that aside, this is a beautiful park and our campsite is a nice level space right on the lake. I realized this morning as it started to get light that this is the first time we've seen the sun in several states.

Josh and Shannon had us over for supper last night and it was fun to reconnect with them and their boys. Rasmus, the youngest, defeated Butch in a couple of arm wrestling contests, although his two handed technique might have been cheating.

We will explore the park facilities today, watching where we step of course, and perhaps make a trek into Tyler. And we made plans to hit one of the local BBQ joints with Josh and Shannon tonight. Tomorrow, it's on to Dallas and the COE campground at Lake Lavon. When we were there last year, the shower house was a definite D- so we're hoping that's improved.


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