Thursday, September 5, 2019

Plans change with Dorian looking on....


Better than a week ago, everyone's eye was on the path of Hurricane Dorian, at least those of us who live here in Florida.   We watched closely as more and more it appeared that Florida was the primary target. 


Last Friday the path looked pretty certain that we would be hit - if not full force at least some pretty heavy winds, which, here in this little town, spells NO POWER.  And because of our location, we are the last to have power turned back on!  So we just decided to hit the road. We knew it was early, no evacuations yet, even along the coast........so we knew there should be no traffic jams, or inability to find gasoline.  So we were surprised that this early there were a LOT of gas stations with NO GAS!   We ran into a lot of rain, poor visibility, and a pretty good traffic jam on I 75N when a tractor/trailer went off the road.


So we followed the path, and moved accordingly.  First stop was in Chiefland, Fl, just south of Tallahassee.   The storm still indicated that we should move a bit further north.........so we booked a couple of nights in Bainbridge, GA.  We headed back south as the storm moved to the NE.....But our county was still calling for Tropical Storm winds.......so we booked a room over in Bradenton, FL


We had put some of our food in a cooler, so we had lunch food for most every day..... But we did have some pretty good meals eating out. Pizza at ABC Pizza is excellent.   First night in GA we fixed Turkey pot pie in microwave,  and for me a Chicken Hot Pocket.  And then it was Chinese Buffett, Cracker Barrell, and some awesome Stromboli's from D'Americos in Bradenton!   I had made a couple dozen chocolate chip cookies that we took out of the freezer.... and that was our dessert each night!


Our prayers were answered....no damage, no power outage.... and we are back home.....  Watching all the new hurricanes trying to make there way west!  Our thoughts and prayers to those in North and South Carolina.  Family in NC have prepared well..... and we hope they stay safe. 

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