Now in Branson

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We caught a few good breaks today.

Because morning Mass started at 9:45 this morning, I figured it would be 11:00 before we got back to the RV park, and normally 11:00 is the checkout time. Because of this, I’d already arranged for a later checkout …

As it happened, though, Mass went quickly and ended before I had expected, so we were ‘home’ early and good order. I’d already done some travel prep before we left for Mass, and the rest only took a few minutes, so we were on our way before 11:30.

Then there was another break. The park in Branson where I’d made reservations had a specified check-in no earlier than 3PM. Harsh weather was expected, which meant that Susan and I might be driving in snow and freezing rain (it’s absolutely possible to have both at once), but would definitely have to wait till these unwelcome conditions had arrived before we’d be allowed to enter and hook up. However, they sent us a message that, since storms were expected, we’d be allowed to come in early, with check-in to be completed tomorrow.

Finally — and this was the capstone — the predicted precipitation didn’t begin till we had arrived. It literally started raining just as I was getting Susan inside, and didn’t kick off hard till I’d finished connecting power and got inside myself.

(One bad break: very shortly before we reached our destination, the GPS in my phone glitched. Without direction, it spontaneously switched to a different screen … one I hadn’t requested, didn’t want, directing us to a place I didn’t want to go, and couldn’t change while I was driving. I pulled off the highway to correct that, and it only wound up making about ten minutes’ difference.)

So, we’re here. Waiting out the weather to determine what we’ll do next.