More examples of the Bridgeton tornado

Just thought I would show a couple more examples from the tornado at Bridgeton. The big old sycamore above was near the creek, but not right on the edge...you can see how big it is/was in comparison to Roger. There were a lot more trees down on up the creek, but the town itself did not seem to have damage, except for the mill which I showed the other day. Of course, we just passed through. So there might have been more damage than I realize. The mill was bad enough.
And just out of town about a mile or two is one of my favorite barns of all time...as you can see it was damaged. Again. It has not been that many years ago that this side was hit. I don't think it was quite as bad as this...but I could be wrong. I hope they repair it again...I bet I have a hundred photos of this barn.

Is it enough popcorn for her??

To be honest about it, Sarah said she did not enjoy it half as much as what we had here that night last week...we are still laughing about that.

We also have more tales to tell. Sarah made her crib into a little bed with the half side rail a couple days ago. She spent the first night in it, and the next morn, she got up and did not cry for her mom. Sarah heard her open the door... Lorelei came down the hall and there is a corner there and you either go into their bedroom or on down the hallway a bit and into the living room, etc.

Lorelei got to that corner and slapped the wall hard with her hand twice and yelled, "STOP!!!! STOP SWEEPing!" (sleeping) We think she wanted the whole world awake.

Well, we went over yesterday to help a little with a plumbing problem...well, Roger to help and me along for the ride. So, she does go to bed in her bed, and she woke up crying this morn about 5:00 a.m....I forget what all she ask her mom for...she went through a whole list of stuff, but Sarah convinced her to go back to sleep.

Then, when I woke up, I could hear her chattering away...I thought she was up with her mom in the living room already...soon as I stepped out in the hall she stopped so I didn't realize she was in her bedroom still. I thought maybe Sarah had taken her to their bed. Being that I was up, decided to do my exercises....

About that time, I hear Sarah get her....she said Lorelei was just sitting on the edge of her bed kicking her feet saying "mommy, mommy, mommy" over and over, and when she walked in, Lorelei quick covered her own eyes with her hands, and said "Surprise!" That kid has way too much fun....

Bridgeton Covered Bridge....

This poor bridge has seen more than its fair share of troubles...it was burned down in April of 2005.....and the whole thing rebuilt by a community of volunteers by October of 2006. You can read about it here....
A couple of weeks ago, give or take a day or two or three, we had some real storms and some tornadoes go through. Guess what...one hit the bridge...it took out some of the sides on both sides. We had heard about it but not had the chance to go by till day before yesterday....
The old mill also had the roof taken off and had some water damage to things inside...as you can see they were getting ready to re-roof the day we were there.
It was officially classified as a tornado that hit there....thank God it was not wide spread. There were places were there were lots and lots of trees down...I cannot imagine seeing acre after acre of stuff just destroyed as those in Joplin, Missouri.