Friday October 7th 2016

It was a cloudy and relatively cool day in middle Georgia with an occasional brief shower. For the second day in a row, I got caught up watching the hurricane Matthew coverage on TV.

Luckily the storm has stayed off shore so the extent of the damage has been less than feared. Watching the reports from areas I am familiar with and listening to the speculation on damage had a strange attraction. I think I was subconsciously hunkered down waiting for the storm to pass rather than being active 250 to 400 miles from the storms location off the Florida coast.

Safari field sites at the Forsyth KOA.

All of the damage reports and power outage reports have led me to the conclusion that I need to stay away from the Atlantic coast for the next couple of weeks at a minimum. I had originally planned to finish up in the Jacksonville area then move on to Orlando for the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival. Reversing that plan will allow the Jacksonville area time to get cleaned up. The down side is that it will involve more travel miles. I have reservations in the Fort Myers area in the middle of November. It appears I am destine to crisscross the state of Florida several times this fall/winter.

Late this afternoon I pulled myself away from the TV and the computer to make a run for groceries. I was down to the last leftovers or frozen dinners for meals. The Super Walmart at the next Interstate exit fit the replenishment requirement. I now have enough food for a few more days should I decide to continue to watch TV instead of exploring the area.

My current plan is to get out and see the area over the next couple of days. The aviation museum at Robins AFB is a few miles the other side of Macon and the Georgia National Fair is just a little further down the road. If I hadn’t been to two aviation museums in the last week, I’d be rushing to Robins AFB, but I’m a little bit in overload mode. As for the Fair, it has been a long time since I’ve been to one. So maybe …