Never a dull moment

Go to www.buffalonews.com and check out the tornado story that happened about 5 miles from here. (mayville) But....despite the off/on again thunderstorms, and calls from at least a few folks telling of a violent storm and high winds (70mph)....we decided to head that way for the Dewittville fire station's 75th anniv open house (and free food). And to stop Kat's post nap crying. So, not knowing a tornado had JUST passed through, we headed that way. Well the rain was driving so hard I couldn't find the firehall and kept driving. To point Chautauqua. At which point, seeing other people pulled over to wait out possibly the worst rain I'd ever been in (though in a nod to Dan, I had put the RAV in 4wd). And we see smoke from the fire at the golf course. We were (virtually) on scene before at least 2 firetrucks were, as we passed them on our way back toward dewittville, once I concluded that we'd gone too far. When we turned around and headed back, Kat was screaming about leaving the rain, which apparently she thought was pretty cool!

We then caught up with my folks who had wondered where we'd gotten to. And none of the firefighters or firetrucks were at the firehall for their celebration (though the hovercraft boat was there). Kat had a 1:1 ratio of hot dogs to cupcakes and then the sun shone and we went outside for some serious puddle jumping.

Of course during this time, the idiot twins saw fit to free themselves from the trailer and go on their own adventure through the Viking campground. They let themselves out the back door and who knows where they went, but the neighbor across the street called them and they hung out under his canopy and watched what was left of the storm with him. And then he tied them out in front.

It could have been worse on either front, I guess. I'm glad I didn't spend the night trying to find 2 idiot lost dogs. And glad we were just moments behind the tornado...not in front of it!

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