Exploring the area-December 21, 2011

WE SAW THE SUN TODAY!!!  We've only seen it twice in the past 12 days. We were rather skeptical it would stick around, but it did and we saw sunset this evening. It is supposed to start raining tonight and continue tomorrow. We are beginning to suspect this rain is following us. If anybody needs rain in their area, let me know and we'll schedule a visit. Ok, just kidding. We did go north out of Kinder today, just to see what was there. Well, not much. Oberlin and Oakdale are directly north of here and believe me, neither is something to write about. Walmart and a car wash. That's it. One is left to wonder why anybody lives there. We saw pictures of the destruction from a tornado that hit DeQuincy yesterday. We were a bit surprised to see how close it is to Kinder. It obviously hit while we were on the road. We only saw rain and had no idea there was a minor tornado not very far away. It tore 3/4 of the roof off of their 19 bed hospital and that's about all. No one was hurt, thankfully. Several more RVs moved in today. It might get busy this weekend. I did catch the lady next door trying to look at Rocky while she was walking her dog. I think I caught her laughing. Not a nice thing to do. We are rather enjoying being more relaxed this week so we are not complaining that there is little to do but walk and relax.