The next major stop on the trip has finally arrived. After three days of driving from Wyoming, we’ve arrived at Dawnmarie and Kirk’s place in Pennsylvania. Today’s drive was all rain … sometimes very heavy rain. I think this same storm from Nebraska is following! This morning before leaving the campground in Elkhart, I opened the blinds in the motorhome just as a huge flash of lightning came down with instantaneous huge thunder. Both Nina and I jumped about four feet in the air! However, the weather is expected to clear out tonight and the weekend is supposed to be beautiful.

We’ve put the motorhome into a KOA campground near here for the next few days. Tonight I need to fix the bathroom door (Kirk has loaned me the necessary tools). Tomorrow we’re splitting up. Kirk and I are taking the three older kids to Geauga Lake Park (an amusement park) while Nina and Dawnmarie are taking the three younger kids somewhere else. They’ve also arranged for a babysitter so Nina and Dawnmarie can go see a movie while Kirk and the older kids and I come back from the park.

It’s nice being back in this part of the country. Every time we come here, it feels like home (probably because we lived for so many years in Chardon, Ohio). The countryside is lush and green. There are trees everywhere (but no hills or mountains). Along with that comes swealtery weather and soggy cookies … there’s downsides to everything! We’re glad to be here and happy to not be driving somewhere in the motorhome tomorrow.