Storm in a Tea Cup

Third day in a row that we had a monstrous thunder storm with lashing rain, thunder and much lightning.

Looking out from the shelter of the Hotel entrance the still photo's don't do the storm justice as the camera shows it much lighter than was the case. The worry at this time was that Jim had headed off through the park pictured left just prior to the storm breaking.

 I had retired to the sitting area in reception to read on  my Kendal when the storm struck.
Pictured left and right are two views of the reception area and the sitting area.

I had decided to rush and get my camera's so that Jim's return as a drowned rat would be forever enshrined on Video and still photos for posterity.
However as can be seen left Jim had surfaced unexpectedly dry thanks to the awning of the golf shop across the road where he sheltered for 1 hour to wait out the torrential downpour.



We had decided to have a more relaxing day due to the travelling that we had had so far this trip. We also were meeting Jim's relatives for Lunch


Pat and Dale duly showed at the appointed hour and  we went to a near bye restaurant by the name of O'Charleys.
There we enjoyed a nice steak meal and chatted through out the meal.
It was a very enjoyable time for all and we all enjoyed both the meal and the company.

Afterwards we retired to our Hotel for another chat and some soda's. Overall it was a great afternoon with some really nice people.
A memorable day, especially for Jim.

Tommorow its off to New Orleans. Another long drive at over 340 miles.Only 1500 miles to go.

Neil w