Wonderful rain

We were up and off to Newport News to the Virginia War Museum by 10:30. The boys were good about doing their chores dumping the sewer (Peter) disconnecting the electricity (Noah) and hooking the safety cables to the car (Andrew). Peter also connected the brake buddy. We drove to I-64 but encountered a traffic jam that caused us to try to get around it. The Lord was good in leading us around and back past the jam. We arrived at the museum around noon. We saw Shell station advertising $3.879 gasoline. We drove back there after dropping Andrew and Noah off. Peter had been there 2 years ago and didn’t want to go. We also found a discount grocery and bought more groceries. We still have most of the things we brought from Waynesville but needed more for some reason. The boys didn’t stay at the museum as long as I thought they would. They did go outside and climb on to some of the tanks and big guns displayed outside. We left there at 3, not 5, and drove south. We found a way to I-95 without going back to Richmond. When we got to the NC line, we encountered a violent thunderstorm. One bolt had to hit something within ¼ mile of us. And rain! I got to thinking: it has probably been over 2 years since I have seen rain so widely spread and hard as this was. We drove in it all afternoon. We finally stopped to stay in a Wal-Mart only to discover that we could not stay overnight due to a city ordinance. Evelyn did make pasta and marinara sauce for supper before we left. We drove on to Wilson, NC where we found a church parking lot large enough for us to turn around. We parked around in back and at this writing we have not been told to move. I hope it lasts into the night. The big people are ready to be home. Personally, I am disappointed in how Evelyn allows herself to be taken advantage of by the boys and more disappointed that they would do it to her. Tomorrow will be the next to last stop.