Tuesday October 4th 2016

After a busy few days in tourist and travel mode I spent the day relaxing at home. My focus was on figuring out what’s next and catching up on domestic tasks.

Site 3 at the Lake City Campground.

I did the laundry at the reasonable price of $1.50 per load for the washer and dryer. The laundry is also conveniently located across the road from my site. This means I didn’t have to hang around and wait for the machines to finish. It was load up the washer come back in 35 minutes to load up the dryer, come back in another 45 minutes to fold and bring stuff home. The laundry wasn’t busy so this was very easy.

The bigger task was to figure out how to deal with the impending hurricane Matthew. It was clear yesterday that I going any closer to the coast than my current 100 miles was not a dumb idea. The question was do I stay here or run. This area is likely to get heavy rain and this site is not the best for staying dry. That means I need to “run”.

Watching the predicted track of the storm as it changes every 6 hours, it was clear that anywhere east or south of here was in the path of the storm. I just came from the west, so I could backtrack. Any of the RV parks west of Tallahassee were an option. I just wasn’t feeling it.

I am currently camped just east of Interstate 75. The whole state of Georgia is just up the road. I decided to head north toward Atlanta. There are a number of things I want to tour at sometime in between here and there. This seems like a good opportunity.

With the decision made, finding a place to stay through the weekend proved a little difficult. There are plenty of campgrounds, but as I started to check for reservations I found a few with no available space. This is the Columbus Day holiday weekend for some people so that could be a contributing factor. Other people escaping the storm may have similar ideas and the Georgia National Fair starts on Thursday in Perry GA which is right in the middle of my target area.

I made a reservation at the KOA in Forsyth GA for Wednesday thru Monday. It is a little further north than I intended to run but has a number of things to do with in a reasonable distance. Now all I have to do is hope the hurricane doesn’t decide to follow me.