We left on Friday, late afternoon, to go out to Branched Oak Lake to do some camping. We were all set up by around 7 pm. We got something to eat and enjoying a nice picnic. Then we got our lawn chairs and started enjoying the view. It was from on top of a hill overlooking the lake. We watched some boats and jet skis. The girls had a very good time searching for bugs. They ended up going pretty close to 10 pm. We went in a little while later. Then, around 1:45 am, the wind started to just blowing--it was lifting up the ends of our campter. The with all the shaking--that felt like we were riding on top of an Amtrak train--we decided to get the girls and huddle down. When Jared was going to the get them, the door to the camper blew in. It pulled from the frame. We sat on the floor of the camper, getting rain blowing in on us. Then the roof shifted--it moved and soon after COLLAPSED! I think at this point Jared and I were not sure what was going to happen and really feared for our safety. We crawled out and over the broken door. Once out we ran to the car and tried to get in. This was another feat with fighting the overpowering wind and rain. Remember this is wind strong enough to bend the metal of the roof support. When we were finally all in the car, the ride home was about as interesting. There were branches all over the roads around the lake. However, once we got back to the Lincoln city limits, the streets were dry--therefore the reason why everyone wonders where in the world we were to have this type of thing happen. We spent most of Sat. finding all of the stuff that blew from our camper around the other campsites. And then we had to arrange for the camper to be towed to the camper store. It has needless to say been a very stressful, emotionally and physically draining day for all of us. But praise God that we all got out okay--in the end that is all that really matters. I have included pictures for those that are not on Facebook. 
