Punxsutawney PA

Pennsylvania is much bigger than you would think. I thought I'd be through the whole state in a few hours but we just kept driving and driving and here we are still in Pennsylvania somewhere. The last sign I saw on the highway was for Punxsutawney . . . and there was no shadow to be seen today. IT RAINED AGAIN! I think I may be Charlie Brown . . . did you see the show where he looks up and the gray cloud is only over his head and it's only raining on him? Well that just might be me? Everywhere I go I hear it was beautiful yesterday and is going to be sunny tomorrow but when I look out the window there's lightening and thunder and tons of rain. The TV continues to say Severe Storms? . . . in every state I'm in! I was afraid if I stayed at Mike and Andrea's I might bring my bad weather to their big Saturday Night Party. I already experienced the micro burst . . . but today I may have experienced the macro burst too.

There was a horrible accident on 80 West and we were sitting completely stopped in our cars. Cole got out to walk up and see what had happened . . . probably not one of my smarter moves as I reflect now. But it did give me my big laugh of the day when I saw him sprinting faster than I've ever seen him run when all the cars started to move and he was a good quarter mile up the highway. We sat in our cars for close to an hour and everyone shut off their cars got out and started talking to each other in the middle of the highway????? A few people were walking their dogs, two guys were actually playing football across two lanes (kid you not) I thought the people in the camper next to me were going to light up their BBQ . . . and I tried to convince them to do so as their dog almost jumped into our car. So it was a huge tailgate party until the traffic started to go and the distressed look on Cole's face as he's running up the side of the highway. I send out some good wishes to the very unfortunate families who were in the accident and the poor trucker who went off the bend? stressful day driving!