Well that sucked.
I had it planned, got a hotel room in Savannah for Wed, Thur, Fri night. I had a work project and I figured two uninterrupted boring uninterrupted days in a hotel would give me a good start. Friday I would head west if the storm kept going the way it was, if it petered out, I would do a mini Savannah vacation.
Thursday at noon I got a call, you have to check out, Savannah is on mandatory evacuation. My plan if it hit the fan, was to head west on the interstate from savannah to macon, just not that soon. I looked at the TV as I was a checking out, I-16 was a parking lot, east bound lanes were switched to westbound. The guy at the desk said his wife and kids were evacuating and using Rt 82. I headed south and got on 82 west. It was great, no traffic all the way to I75. Then the fun began, every hotel was full. I went all the way down to I-10. I used my smartphone and nada, everything full. I ended up going almost all the way to Tallahasse and spending the night in a rest area. The radio said there were no rooms all the way into Alabama.
Today I returned, my boat had busted loose of the lift and drifted over to the neighbors. My landlord came down from Va and together with another guy got it ungrounded and tied up next door. He's in the process of trimming my jungle. I'm replacing the engine and the boat is inop. I have a bow and stern thruster so I might try to sidestep it over from next door, there is an oyster reef between us, so we shall see. The power was off and my generator wouldn't start, I check it every year, the foam air filter had turned into a crumbly jelly like mess. I finally got it running. I went out looking for ice before it got dark. When I returned I heard the water pump running (alright, power is back) it never shut off. The landlord had stepped on the pvc pipe in his trimming exuberance. I had to shut the pump off at the circuit breaker, (no hot shower tonight.
It was an interesting 3 days
Tomorrow is a beach MD day
