Repeat (an unexpected day off.)

April 28, Charlestown.

Sometimes life gets in the way of the circus - and sometimes it's not so bad.
Tell City was canceled; they are sandbagging, trying to save their town. Last night was rough, trailers rocking in the wind like feathers, but nothing to compare with the devastation down South. We had to wait until mid-day to leave the lot as we had to find a dry one in Charlestown, and the one we found, on school grounds, couldn't let us in until late in the afternoon.
So the impromptu day off unfolded as we waited and the kids made playground of the parking lot and the sun came out. Call it a party, under the circumstances.
Later we drove here, a long jump and a scenic road not made for trucks, flooding everywhere, making the landscape unexpectedly beautiful, and we arrived just short of more rain, but safe, and with an evening to spare. Call it a good day.
Later still we went to the movies, and we ran into the Poemas, Oscar, and others; we stuffed ourselves silly on pop-corn and the kids went to sleep in our laps.