April 26,2017 - Wednesday

We drove through TN and  crossed the state line into KY. Our plans were to stay in Paducah,KY. When I called to make sure there was an opening at the Çampground we stayed at on our way down. But I was told they were completely filled! We were told there was a " National Quilt Fest" in town and all Çampgrounds in the area were filled! That is the first time ever that we could not find a Çampground. We found out on the news that night that this quilt fest is a really big deal there.so we decided to keep on driving. We crossed the state line into our home state...Illinois. We had already been driving for 6 hrs  , and being that Richard does all the driving, he needed a break. It's a lot different driving a 30' RV pulling a car,  than driving a car. We drove to Whittingham, IL to Gun Creek Park where we also stayed before. There is a golf course near, so Richard wanted to unwind with a round of golf. We got the motorhome hooked up and were just about to leave for the golf course when all of a sudden it got very dark and extremely windy and a very hard rain. It was so windy that tents in the Çampground blew down! We found out that this area was under a severe weather warning. After it eased up, we went to dinner at a little diner nearby. We got back to the RV just in time ... It started pouring with lightning and thunder. On the news it stated that Paducah,KY (where we couldn't get a site) was hit with a really bad storm! I guess faith was on our side!! We are going to let the weather in the morning  decide whether we stay here another night  and go golfing or get on the road for the last about 250 miles home.