Big Storm and Factory Tour

We had scheduled a tour at the DRV Suites factory for 8:30 AM yesterday morning. We arrived right on time and, along with 1 other couple, started the tour. It was a very interesting experience to see how these fifth wheels are manufactured from the bottom up. We were taken through the entire operation beginning with the frame:

the floor:

the sides and insulation:

Construction and insertion of the slideouts:



 and everything in between until the final product is lined up for its final checkout process:

Since we arrived right on time to start the tour, we took a shot of the sign on our way out:

It was nearly 10:30 when we left the factory and you can see in the shot above that the rain had already started. It kept getting darker and darker, and the rain kept getting heavier and heavier until we couldn't see the road in front of us. We pulled off the road under a freeway bridge while on our way to town and heard on the radio that there was a band of heavy storms passing through and there were tornado warnings in LaGrange County - where we were. The rain and wind kept up for about 5 minutes and we heard that the tornado warning was canceled - after 2 had touched down only a couple miles from us. Whew! Close call! We heard that the storm track was moving at a speed of 75 MPH and blew through rapidly. It's a good thing that our rig was inside being repaired at the time.

We drove into town to visit a furniture store that specializes in RV furniture - Lambright Comfort Chairs - and they were owned by, of course,  an Amish family:

We had talked about removing the huge sofa in the rear of our rig and replacing it with either a love seat and end tables, or a couple more loungers. We decided to wait on that change after seeing the prices of the furniture.
There were more of the Amish horse and buggies as we traveled in this area:

and we even passed a lot where they sold the buggies:

By the time we got back in the afternoon, it was too late to pack up and move on to another location. We will leave this morning and travel to Greenfield, IN - just outside Indianapolis - and spend tonight there, before moving on to Nashville on Thursday.

Until tomorrow...