Midwest Thunderstorms

We've been very lucky with our weather this trip...until today.  The dry air moved elsewhere and we had a sticky, hot day today.  But we did our tour around the seven colonies of Amana,  stopping at the art, antique, craft and quilt stores and shopping our way through them.  We had a few surprises, some delightful, such as finding out the Fern Hill Gift Shop was really half antiques and half quilt shop, and home to a well-known fabric designer.  Oddly, about half of the museum stops were closed, although we did use the audio tour to hear about them, but others were open for touring.  We naturally made repeat stops at the Meat and Sausage market, the Millstream brewery and the Bakery.  We somehow found room to stash the various purchases into cubbyhole spaces, the refrigerator and our mouths.

I am writing this at 2:30 am, having been abruptly awakened by the arrival of a thunderstorm with 50 mph winds, rain and hail.  Between the A/C and the fan, I could have slept through the lightning and hail, but the winds were rocking the motorhome just as much as if we were driving down the interstate.  It's now a half hour later, and the rain and hail have lessened considerably, but we still hear the thunder and lightning.   The weather apps and the national weather service all say this will be going on till 5:30 or 6.  😱

(We're in the yellow area with the line of thunderstorms, just below the watch box)

And....I will edit here (later Wednesday Morning)...that the power went out about 4 am.  Looks like it was something to do with the surge protector, probably all wet from the rain....but poor Tom had to go outside in the rain and fiddle around with the connections at that hour.   While it wasn't the best night of sleep, it sure was an adventure!