North-South, Stay-Go
We've had a few rainy, cold, uneventful days here at Illinois Beach State Park. Even the weekenders haven't come out to play. I've had the sniffles, just feeling a bit punk so we haven't done much except read, watch movies and try to decide what to do next.
Jim's eye appointment last Wednesday showed further improvement (a lucentis injection for his form of macular degeneration). So we are encouraged and will hang around the midwest for another month and another treatment.
But the more we looked at weather projections the less we wanted to head north. Even the lure of crossing the Mackinac Bridge doesn't make us want to travel. Then we find that some of the family is coming in from Arizona and there's a potential get-together of local cousins next weekend. So we've decided to stay here another week, The fourteen day limit will cause us to move then and we'll probably go up to Racine, WI to the lovely Cliffside Park then back to Illinois and maybe try the Chain of Lakes State Park for a fall color experience. There's always a new space even in an old place.
Last night a swarm of tornados struck the midwest and we were really glad we'd left Indiana. I think there must be some kind of "lake effect" that causes weather to lift or break up right at the lake...and that's where we are. So we've avoided lots of bad weather here. But I must admit to getting a little anxious about getting to warmer weather. The geese are flying south...I feel the call.