Is there such a thing as the perfect storm? And perfect for whom? For the last couple of days, Craig and I have turned on The Weather Channel and watched as the forecasters excitedly talk about this big storm, the likes of which they say only comes around every 20 years or so. Now I know that weather can be a bit boring, and that something like the size storm they are talking about is big, but come on, you can actually see the joy in their eyes as they talk about it. That tends to make you a bit edgy when you see where the storm is headed and, yep, we are headed right into it's path. It doesn't do your nerves any good either to
look at the satellite screen and see that the size of the storm is bigger than the State of Texas, or that it is causing 3in diameter hail stones, tornados, and gale force winds. It seems we will not meet up with this nemesis until late Sunday night, Monday morning. So I've acknowledged it and chose not to ignore it like the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. But, as Craig and I say, "It is what it is" and we will deal with it as sensibly as we can. With that being said, I'll catch you up on where we have been the last couple of days.
look at the satellite screen and see that the size of the storm is bigger than the State of Texas, or that it is causing 3in diameter hail stones, tornados, and gale force winds. It seems we will not meet up with this nemesis until late Sunday night, Monday morning. So I've acknowledged it and chose not to ignore it like the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. But, as Craig and I say, "It is what it is" and we will deal with it as sensibly as we can. With that being said, I'll catch you up on where we have been the last couple of days.After leaving the yard and making it up, and thankfully back down the two mountain passes, (did you hear our chanting of I think we can?), we decided to stop at a newly opened Wal Mart to stock up on supplies. I have never seen a Wal Mart so empty, we practically had the whole thing to ourselves. Back on the road again we made it into a rest stop in Greycliff, Montana for the night. The morning light cast a beautiful glow on the frosted trees and ground as we headed East towards our destination of Baltimore.
It was Craig's birthday Friday, so we tried to make it special, but when you are in the middle of nowhere between Montanta and North Dakota your choices are a bit limited. But with a fuel stop in Beach, ND we decided to stop for awhile, fuel up, shower, and sit down to a nice mid afternoon meal. With stomachs full, we continued East and came upon yet another claim to the World's Largest. Say hello to "Salem Sue" THE WORLD"S LARGEST HOLSTEIN COW. Sue is 38 feet high and 50 feet long and is visible for 5 miles. She sits on School Hill overlooking I94 near New Salem, ND.
Now don't confuse Sue with Jamestown ,ND claim to fame, THE WORLD"S LARGEST BUFFALO. This cement sculpture stands 26 feet tall and 46 feet long and weighs in at a hefty 60 tons and was built in 1959 by Harold Newman who wanted to create something so, big and magnificent, that passersby would have to stop 
in the city. Well, we didn't stop, but I did manage to snap a picture as we drove by, but it does attract over 100,000 people each year.
in the city. Well, we didn't stop, but I did manage to snap a picture as we drove by, but it does attract over 100,000 people each year. With all this excitement over the World's Largest, we hope we don't get to add to our
collection with the WORLD'S LARGEST STORM.
So without anything to do to prevent this storm from crossing our path, we'll just keep ourselves as well informed as we can. I think we will be prepared for anything mother nature can throw at us.... rain, hail, snow, wind or tornados. Oh and having that 40,000 pound Genie weighing down our trailer will definitely be a plus.......Dorothy and Toto should have been so lucky!
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