28 March ‘09
Saturday
Well all we had last night was some moderate rain, and that started about 5am and lasted right up to 9am. After our showers and breakfast, we set the GPS for Scottsboro and a visit to the “Unclaimed and Lost Luggage” store.
Saturday
Well all we had last night was some moderate rain, and that started about 5am and lasted right up to 9am. After our showers and breakfast, we set the GPS for Scottsboro and a visit to the “Unclaimed and Lost Luggage” store.
We’ve heard so much about this store and the great values that could be had there so today we wanted to check it all out. As we pulled up to the parking lot, the store front and the entry really made an impression on us. It was beautifully laid out and looked architecturally inviting, but that’s where it came to a halt. The inside was laid out like a Goodwill store, and the merchandise looked about the same or worse. The prices that they were asking for the goods were not the “deals” that they advertized. Unfortunately we were totally disappointed and won’t be making a trip back. The ride to Scottsboro was really enjoyable as we drove most of the way following the banks of Guntersville Lake with the road flanked by flowering dogwoods showing through the forest. The town of Scottsboro still had quite a few of the “historical” buildings of the early 20th century. Well tonight we are really getting it. As the sun was setting, the clouds were getting thick and blowing across the sky with gusto. The storm is really setting in now. We’ve just heard our first thunder and the lightning is flying all over the sky. I decided that maybe this could be one hell of a lightning storm so I pulled the plug on our jacks. I just wanted the coach sitting on rubber tires and not on 4 huge hydraulic jacks in touch with mud puddles underneath us. We just got a report on TV that 2 tornados have just developed about 5 miles east of us. They are also getting winds ranging from 75 to 100+ mph. Fortunately for us, all we’re getting now is some gusting winds that are lightly shaking the coach and rain that I’m sure is giving us a wash job that I’ll have to dry off in the morning.