Van on the Run!

We arrived at our Birmingham, AL campsite at 2:00 p.m. We have set up for the night and detached the Jeep so we can explore the countryside. It is overcast but 76 with 65% humidity. I know our Chicago friends feel sorry for us suffering in this heat wave.

The weather in KY chased us away at 7:00 a.m. We are hoping that we are far enough south to escape the tornados.

Tomorrow, we tour Birmingham highlights. It will be our first bit of sightseeing on this trip. I plan to read the brochures that we gathered at the camp office so I can plot out our excursion.

It's 9:45 p.m. Those who are familiar with us will not be surprised to hear that we found a local movie theater. We saw "Derailed" with Jennifer Anniston and Clive Owen. We know the critics didn't care for it but we liked it and it had a nice plot twist. It is definitely a renter for those of you who avoid the theater.

I just got off the phone with a long time family friend, Leonard Mueninghoff. He and his wife, Heidi, live here in Birmingham. We are meeting for dinner tomorrow night. We haven't seen each other for 40 years so this could be scary. Len was a student at St. Louis University Dental School with my brother-in-law. My family "adopted" Len and he joined us for holiday dinners for a few years. That goodwill has paid off big time as we will meet and greet tomorrow evening.

Can you believe this? We are under a tornado watch tonight. We can run but we cannot hide. The tempature is supposed to drop to 40 tomorrow morning--should we survive the winds tonight. Yikes!