WIND, WINDIER, WINDIEST & WARNINGS IN ELLIS KANSAS.

In plain black & white- "bad weather sucks". We're kinda stuck here in The Ellis City RV Park. Very crappy weather and so much wind that driving in it is out of the question. 30 to 40 MPH gusty wind. Already had 1 tornado warning siren and a trip up the street to a basement church shelter. I guess being at a church if a tornado hits has it's advantages. The warning only lasted about a 1/2 hour and it IS scary when you think about it. Remind us to never traverse Kansas again in May.
  Managed to get a cookout in yesterday. Tacos on the grill. Sat outside and watched the storm clouds forming in exploding vertical columns.  Beautiful but ominous at the same time. The wind blew so hard last night it knocked the BBQ grill off the table even though the cast iron griddle was on it.  
   The mornings here have been a mixture  of sun & wind. Around about 1PM the wind picks up and by 4PM the clouds roll in. We stay kinda glued to weather via satellite tv and local radio and internet. It looks like a repeat every day so far.
   I notice that some blogs I follow are all commenting on the foul weather we are all getting thru the plains and south of here all the way to Texas. It still beats winter! It can't all be fun & games. Into each life some rain must fall. I hope all this H2O solves some of the drought problems we've seen thruout the South and midwest. There sure have been a lot of resevours almost empty and rivers and streams that've been dry. See?? A bit of good can come out of any situation!  :)
   Been day dreaming about Colorado and Montana with the atlas in my lap. Next on our agenda. Hoping to be in Colorado next week.
  Yesterday we toured the boyhood home of Walter Chrysler, the Chrysler Corp. founder. He was raised here in Ellis. Interesting to see how people survived way back then.
  We did manage to tour the railroad museum here in town this morning. They sure had a lot of train stuff to see. Ellis used to be a main railroad hub til 1970. Kinda impressive to see an old USA map depicting all the RR tracks and depots in small town USA. there were a lot of them. Seeing the mail bag pickup, while on the fly, system was interesting. I wonder if they ever missed the bag?? When we exited the museum the sky was getting darker and a spit of rain was starting. Since we are camped just a few blocks from the museum a rather quick pace was started to keep from getting soaked.
   Watchin' the weather and blogging isn't too bad a way to while away the time, is it?
   We hope your time is fun too !!

REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY.  Charlie & Heather

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