Florida, Ho (Plans Made in Jello) - Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Bob, Darren, and Susan in
Brackenridge Park on Sunday.

Okay, here's our current itinerary as Hurricane Zeta allows. We were supposed to leave Wednesday, October 28, but that's when the hurricane is set to hit Louisiana (which we will have to drive through). Soooo, our trip has been postponed one day and it looks like Thursday's weather in the afternoon in Louisiana will be nice. The state park where we're staying has told us they'll be open, so we're planning a beeline from San Antonio to the park. They asked us to call when we get close as they may have to change our site.

Since we have never experienced the aftermath of a hurricane before, Rosemarie, Bob's sis-in-law who lives in Milton/Pensacola area has been giving us info. There is the possibility of a gas shortage or a lack of power. When we get there we'll know more and try to keep a full tank of gas!

The latest Weather Channel info said the storm is moving fast. I think that's a good thing; however, it is hooking up with the Storm Billy coming in from the West. Billy is packing a lot of water and so is Hurricane Zeta. Thus, we will be on the alert for flooding, and downed trees, as we go. That is a bad thing. It will be an adventure.

We spent this afternoon and evening packing the 5th wheel because rain is expected in San Antonio on Wednesday morning. By afternoon, we should be back in the sunshine. 

I also spent the day cooking food to take with us. That will be good for the first few days when we are only spending one night in a location and I can just serve up the food. Today, I made egg salad for sandwiches, chili, and cornbread. Yesterday, I made a mixed berry dump cake. Tomorrow, I will make a huge green salad that will last us for three days. Tomorrow, I need to make another trip to the grocery store as I forgot some items the last time.

We are visiting a part of Florida we have not explored before: Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, and Port Orange. In St. Augustine, we will meet up with our Volksmarch friend Patricia Thompson who we learned will be there at the same time as us. We will do a walk together, eat, drink, and be merry. Bob and I also plan to do about eight more Volksmarches in that area.

After we finish there, we are going to spend time with Bob's brother, Tom, and his wife Rosemarie in Milton, Florida. And we will also have time to meet up with our good friends, Iain and Tess in Destin, who moved from Hawaii about the same time we did.

Here's an update about our lame 5th wheel. As you recall, we broke down on I-10 about two hours from home. A mobile RV technician had to come out to fix a broken thing-a-ma-jig under the leaf spring on the driver's side. He told us we needed to replace all of our leaf spring shackles, bolts, and equalizers. We did that right after we came home and also had two of our trailer brakes repaired.

More blogs to follow about our progress.