Got a late start today. I slept in a bit, but, I knew we had 2 days, and 12 hours worth of driving, so not too big of a deal.
We were about 30 miles from Meridian, MS at 4pm, and I pulled off at a Rest Area to look for a place to pull in for the evening. I had noticed clouds building ahead of us, but it seemed to be a long way off. As I looked at my phone, I noticed a weather alert had come in, and this one was a tornado watch that was going till 11. A closer look and the center of the alert was 7 miles away. I spent some time reviewing other weather info, and found that we were heading into a huge area of tornado watches, and we’d been planning on spending the night right in the middle.
So, some calls, and a couple miles of backtracking, and we found a Jellystone Park that was outside the weather trouble area, and only $25 a night. It would have been nice not to have used up the extra gas, but it’s worth it to have some feeling of safety for the evening. I’ll be reviewing the weather for tomorrow, and hopefully we can make it the rest of the way to Cumming, GA.
The Jellystone Park has a big lake, and a nice big water park. The girls tried to get over there and check it out, but we got in a tad too late. Seems the staff is really anxious to get home now that everyone left earlier today from the long Labor Day weekend.
If you’re in the area, this is a pretty nice location. It has the lake, water park, lot’s of nice clean sites with full hookups, lot’s of tree’s, a big store, and golf cart rentals. Kinda wish we were staying here longer. 🙂
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