Riverside Park campground served well as our base to explore the area.  Most notable characteristic, it is right beside their zoo.  We heard tiger roars most every evening and morning….meal time?

Yikes, Plains weather!

A thunderstorm carrying huge hail, 2” diameter and larger, blasted through the area during the afternoon narrowly missing our campground.  Whew!  The sky cleared and the balloon glow went off spectacularly.  What a lovely end to a somewhat rocky day.  Then, BOOM, a crack of thunder brings me right up out of bed.  It is 2AM.  The sky flickers with lightning nearly constantly and in just a few minutes bang, bang, bang as huge hailstones hit the roof and the car parked beside us.  The noise is defining and the certainty of damage un-nerving.  The whole thing lasts probably 15 minutes.  A quick walk around confirms the bathroom ventilator is shattered.  Kent patches the vent with a bag and good ole duct tape and we are back to bed to deal with the rest in the morning.  Final count: three broken vent covers and the rooftop AC cover, tears in the slide cover, three cracks in the car windshield along with dozens of dents, and a handful of dents on the side and back of the trailer.  A bit of a mess but we are still road worthy and will deal with repairs as we move.