and the fun continues!

Yesterday we got further settled in. We reconfirmed out appointment for Monday with a repairman, then bought a gray water valve, removed the old one and with Nancy's help installed the new one. It was sprinkling outside at the time and very windy. Then the news interrupted the radio.

A tornado watch was indicated for Tishomingo county in Mississippi. That's only a 1/2 mile up the road. The sky was very dark. I called the RV park office and asked for the location of the tornado shelter. She confirmed it was in the basement of the Methodist Church but had to call someone and see if it was locked or unlocked. I went up and checked it's location and that it was unlocked if we needed it. I then informed some of the neighbors of the situation.

Less than 1/2 an hour later the siren in town started wailing. One long continuous sound. We weren't sure if that was the tornado warning but we hastened out to the car. As we got outside a voice blared from the speakers at the police station "Seek shelter immediately! Get to a shelter ASAP!" 

Well, that confirmed it! We had the dogs and hightailed it to the shelter where we were soon joined by others. Sure enough there was a tornado watch for Franklin county, where we are located. We were there for 45 minutes until the warning from the National Weather Service expired. Apparently a tornado was sighted but 30 miles east of our location.

Today we took the RV to the installer who put in our undercarriage mood lights last year and in about 30 seconds he fixed our problem with them. The remote and the controller were out of sync and he showed me how to correct it if it happens again. While there we inquired about and decided to replace our slide toppers and two Captain chairs. The toppers are showing their age (11 years), were sagging, and 2 of the 4 needed to be repaired/replaced anyway. So we decided to have all 4 done next week. Our chairs are frayed and giving us occasional problems so we decided to have them replaced as well with a newer model, which also includes heated seats. So next week will be busy.

We are sitting here listening to a great country music station after Nancy made a great dinner. I am so blessed to have found her. Later tonight or tomorrow our satellite technician will be here to replace a damaged HDMI cable behind the inside walls. While waiting we rearranged some of our overhead cabinets. Then a long weekend! The town rolls up it's sidewalks at 3:30 each day and all weekend so there is nothing to do here. If we have time maybe we'll drive to Tennessee and visit Shiloh Civil War Battlefield. At least since the tornado scare yesterday the weather has been sunny and will remain the same throughout the week.