We are in Danville, Virginia tonight and it's raining big time! Had a nasty storm late last night in Oxford with severe thunder, lightning and heavy rain. Loaded up the truck in between some drizzle this morning and after breakfast, we were off at 8:50. Had rain off and on......but most of the day was dry and sun came out later this afternoon.
We traveled on Highway 58 to avoid the interstate and heavy traffic around DC......good choice and I drove 75 miles . As we were traveling near Chesapeake, VA, we saw a semi in the ditch and lots of stuff on highway (looked like wet grass????) Never did figure that out, but was in various spots and workers were trying to work with the semi and clean up the road. We stopped for gas and pumps were not working cause of storm and then read on Google News about bad storm that passed thru at 8:30 this morning (2 hours earlier). It hit a very busy, huge RV park, killing 2 and injuring many others.
Then our friend Brenda called to tell us that Heather (daughter - 42) in Dallas had a stroke? WHAT???? No.....we just saw Heather a few weeks ago when we were home and she joined us for breakfast with our Monday morning group. At this point, she is in ICU and Pat and Brenda are flying to Dallas this evening. Boy......that brought on the tears and still so shocked and scared for them. Latest is that it has affected her eyesight. I know several of you faithful blog readers know Pat and Brenda.....lots of prayers needed.
Also got an e-mail this afternoon that a long-time boating friend, John is in FL hospital with serious health issues.......storming the heavens with some big prayers tonight for these folks.
After the rain stopped we drove downtown to the historic district which Danville is trying to revitalize - many empty buildings, but had read about "Jake's on Main" and had a wonderful dinner in this very neat building (tin ceilings, brick walls and old wooden floors) - guitar music, nice crowd and excellent food!
Went for a short walk along the Dan River when we returned from dinner. And saw a pretty rainbow!
My brain is on overload now....Anne told us about a family from close to home who were in an accident in the Ozarks killing the Dad, Mom, and 14-year old son (and driver of other truck). The boy's twin brother is in critical condition. Oh my......this is sooo very sad!
What a day.......praying that tomorrow brings some upbeat news, peace and comfort to all
Tomorrow we will be picking up Daisy and then onto Lake James.....
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Oh me, Pat yes horrible news today. Prayers for all your friends and the family from or near Bloomington. We also had a bad storm that hit Morganton at 5:00 today and then again around 6:30 started over again. It had cleared after the earlier storm long enough for us to go out to eat. I was headed to play bridge at a friends and sat in her driveway for 15 minutes waiting for it to stop raining. Had several wrecks around town with downed trees and a fire at a Morganton business. Bob talked with Drew after getting back home from eating and Drew said they did not have any rain. Bob had been up earlier in the day, but came in early because he thought it was going to storm. Safe travels to the lake on Friday. Hopefully we will see you next week. JudyB
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