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Saturday, 23 April 2005 16:00
Last night when we parked, the weather was very unsettled and extremely windy. The warm temperatures we had been enjoying were replaced by almost winter-like ones and when we looked at the weather channel we could see that the weather was pretty much the same in every direction around us. The wind was so strong the motorhome was seriously rocking and sometime overnight we woke up wondering if we would still be in Indiana when we finally got up in the morning. If we drove any further north, we risked dealing with snow and overnight freezing so we decided that in the morning we would head east where at least the lows were forecasted to remain above 0C.

We left Evansville at 8:30 AM driving east on I-64 on our way to Lexington, Kentucky where we have decided to stay for the next two nights. The temperature when we left this morning has only 7C, a quarter of the temperature we had gotten used to while in Tunica. It was windy and overcast with the sky looking like it was ready to open up and pour at any minute. As we drove along the highway there were obvious signs of some serious wind damage with warped billboards, signs completely bent backwards and large trees broken in half. After seeing them, we felt extremely fortunate that we didn't sustain any damage and that we were still parked in the same spot this morning.

We are staying at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, a place we have been to before, and part of a 1,200-acre working horse farm. The campground is connected to the farm and the 260 campsites are wide, grassy (when it's not wet) and roomy. The weather still sucks but it is keeping us inside giving us the opportunity to work on our taxes (nothing like leaving it to the last minute) and hopefully, by tomorrow it will be dry enough for us to get outside to enjoy some of our beautiful surroundings.