Today we left from Remote Area Medical headquarters in Rockford, TN to head out for a clinic in Seattle, Washington. We are looking forward to seeing old friends and making new friends on this trip. It will be our last trip in RAM-1, and it is somehow fitting that it will be the longest trip.
It was raining and foggy when we left, although after we got over the Cumberland Plateau, the sun came out periodically. The leaves are beginning to change in the higher elevations of Tennessee and I snapped a couple of shots because when we return, I doubt there will be any leaves left on the trees.
It was raining and foggy when we left, although after we got over the Cumberland Plateau, the sun came out periodically. The leaves are beginning to change in the higher elevations of Tennessee and I snapped a couple of shots because when we return, I doubt there will be any leaves left on the trees.
In the Land Between the Lakes area of Kentucky, we were fortunate enough to see a huge flock of white pelicans resting on Lake Barkley. I suspect they will be loving the weather in south Texas this winter.
The wind has been blustery all day long, sometime with gusts up to 35 mph. RAM-1 was once a race car hauler, so there is a lot of area to catch the wind and Thom had his hands full for most of the day. As we got near Paducah, Kentucky, the CB came to life and people began asking about tornado warnings, so on came the weather radio and sure enough, we were headed straight for that area. I pulled up the radar so I could get an idea of when we might run into the storm that stretched from Texas all the way up into Michigan. It certainly looked as if we might be in for a bad time at some point of the trip. A few minutes after we crossed the Ohio, the sky turned black and the rain came pouring down! I will admit that I am not too good with the rain, so I tend to close my eyes a lot when it is raining. (As we found out several years ago, you just haven’t lived until you have slid sideways down the road in a semi-truck.)
The wind has been blustery all day long, sometime with gusts up to 35 mph. RAM-1 was once a race car hauler, so there is a lot of area to catch the wind and Thom had his hands full for most of the day. As we got near Paducah, Kentucky, the CB came to life and people began asking about tornado warnings, so on came the weather radio and sure enough, we were headed straight for that area. I pulled up the radar so I could get an idea of when we might run into the storm that stretched from Texas all the way up into Michigan. It certainly looked as if we might be in for a bad time at some point of the trip. A few minutes after we crossed the Ohio, the sky turned black and the rain came pouring down! I will admit that I am not too good with the rain, so I tend to close my eyes a lot when it is raining. (As we found out several years ago, you just haven’t lived until you have slid sideways down the road in a semi-truck.)
Happily, the very worst of the storm was over in about a half hour and then it became a slow drizzle.
Our plan was to make it to East St. Louis, IL for the night and this where we are sitting as I write this. We have had an uneventful trip so far and I am glad. Tomorrow we will be headed for Council Bluffs and I will be keeping an eye on the weather in case we need to make a change in our route because of snow and/or ice as we get nearer to Montana and Idaho.
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