We got up at 6:30 this mornng & were on the road at 8:50 - much earlier than our usual 10:30 departure time.
We had crosswinds most of the drive to Celina, except for the stretch of I-75 where we had a tail wind & got up to 9.9 mpg. After we turned off of I-75 on to US-33 we had crosswinds again. We pulled off the road a couple of times to check the slide topper for the living room slide to make sure that it wasn't going to unroll & rip. We slowed down to about 45 mph & that helped some.
We got in here at the Mercer County Fairgrounds about 2:30 pm. & got in line to fill our fresh water tank prior to parking. There were volunteers directing the new arrivals where to fill up on water & where to park. The wind was getting stronger & it started to rain. Since we run the water through our filter system, it takes a while to fill the fresh water tank; so we sat inside the RV instead of standing outside in the rain. We ended up parking near the water spigot where we filled our tank. We leveled the RV, put out the slides, made coffee & waited out the weather. Ike had arrived!
Did it ever rain & the wind was something else! Even though we had our jacks down, our RV was still rocking with some of the gusts. We heard later that the wind gusts were around 50 mph in the area near Celina. The RV & car were a mess from the blowing dirt & then the rain! Mike's planning on washing the RV & car tomorrow since we're close enough to a water spigot to run a hose.
We've decided to register tomorrow morning for the seminars for the Gypsy Gathering instead of this afternoon.
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