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The weather since coming back home to Texas has been like it was through much of the mid-west on our vacation: wet, humid, and stormy.  Our first week back, we had two pretty intensive storms. I believe one had an EF0 or maybe EF1 tornado, but no one cares about the people who live out in the country. I guess it is hard to see a lot damage when everything is so open.  The kids and I were trying to find news coverage about the weather while it was going on, but there was no information on the news channel at all. In fact, their coverage was on golf. The weather system we have measured sustained winds at 56 and gusts were probably about 80. It rained 4.5 inches in  about an hour and EVERYTHING was flooding. Water was just pouring in the back door and it was just so loud outside. We lost power so we couldn't even see the golf channel anymore! We faired better than most. We have no trees so no worries there, but the trampoline with four 16" anchors not only was uprooted, but th

The last stop on our soggy mid west tour was Chicago, IL.  Ok, we actually stayed 55 miles outside the city since it was the closest KOA to Chicago. I am pretty sure only crazy people would try to take their rv through the actual city. We officially resided in Union City, IL and it was a cute little town with the BEST KOA we have stayed at. It was also the most expensive KOA we ever stayed at, but it was really nice. Our campsite had our own fire pit, picnic table, and wooden porch swing. It also opened up to an open field that was used as overflow parking so we had a lot of room for the kids to run around and play. There was about an acre and a half common area that had mini golf, a super nice playground, gaga ball pit, tether ball, walking track, frisbee golf, and more wooden porch swings underneath the big shade trees.  It did, however, lack the cable hook ups so no Hallmark. The girls were very disappointed. We arrived mid afternoon so we decided to play for a bit at the campgro