Back in stormy NC

We wakened before the alarm and went into the house to say goodbye. We had to waken the girls and Noah. I tried to waken Stephen but had to just kiss him while he slept. Emily came out to say goodbye but I missed her. We were on the road by just after 8. When we were 10 miles away, I remembered I had left the phone charger. I called back to ask them to mail it but got only a machine and left my message. We were near King’s Island Amusement Park when we spotted a Perkins. We barely got in the door when a torrential rain began. I enjoyed potato pancakes that were delicious. I stopped there because I remembered how good they were. Evelyn had a chicken breakfast bowl. The rain let up to just a downpour and we raced to the car. For the remainder of our trip we were just ahead of violent thunderstorms and tornado warnings. We could hear warnings on the radio going out to cities we had just passed. We were home around 5 after a stop at the Russell Stover outlet in Sevierville. We greeted the neighbors, handed out some onions and began to unpack the car. We didn’t get to much of the trailer because our neighbor told us that we were under a tornado watch until 11 and that places in Alabama had endured hail storms. I backed the car and trailer as far back into the carport as possible to protect as much of the exterior as possible. I also tried to hook up the Dish receiver but couldn’t get it to work. I called and was assured that the problem was heavy cloud cover. I will check again in the morning, but our neighbor, Marty, said her Direct TV was working fine.