GARBC Conference...

Still in the rain! Des Moines area is getting poured on again today. We were there last night for the Conference. They figured they had 1,600 in the Convo Building. It was a good conference even though the lightening, thunder, and pouring rain added to the music. Andy, Melissa, and the Security man were in panic mode all during the service as the storm had been reported to them as an "unstable" one. They did have a plan in place for storms, but putting it in action was another thing. Didn't have to use the plan, but the parking lot had about 2 inches of water on it and because of the number of people there, cars had been parked in the surrounding neighborhoods. A & MJ instituted a shuttle plan using the sports teams shuttle buses to ferry people around the area in search of their cars. They are getting pounded again this morning, so many Plans B, C, & D are probably being put into play.

We took two ladies up with us last evening. Coming home the lightening display was incredible. Many ground to cloud displays. In several places we had to slow almost to a stop because visibility was poor. We ran out of the storms when we turned south off I-80. 

Was able to get my Dad to the dentist yesterday morning. The office is in the basement of a building. Oh my, the things that I did to get him down there and back up. Took him on the trolley in a wheelchair, much to his disliking. Wilma wants to take us to supper tonight, so will try him with the walker getting in and out of the van. Larry will be with me in case I need help. I told Dad that I didn't feel safe transferring him after almost loosing him at the eye doctor's office. 

We had a 1.5 inch rain Tuesday evening. It was so wonderful to look out the back door and see a river of water flowing north across the back yard, making the corner and flowing down to the street. Lot of mud, can't wait until the grass gets in so it will just go and not take the soil with it.