Post Storm – Traveling with Rich & Julie
The storms and wind rocked and rolled the RV most of the night and sleep was intermittent at best.
Thunder and lightning woke us up, along with the weather warning system on our phones. My stomach sunk just once and thoughts of damage entered my mind.
I am so glad we have a NOAA weather radio in the RV.
I have to admit though that I do love the sound of the rain hitting the roof. You just don’t hear that in a well-insulated house.
I believe the warm gulf air was fighting with the cold north air and lost.
Temperatures overnight were near 70 degrees, and it looks like we will be getting temperatures below freezing this coming weekend.
We just can’t get away from the cold. A friend of ours is parked down near Tampa, Florida and their temperatures are only in the 50’s.
The campground shuts off the water in the entire park at 32 degrees. Looks like we will be without water for several nights.
Today we did a Walmart Grocery Pickup and decided to drive around and see if there was any storm damage I could photograph.
The first thing we noticed was how badly the stoplights were swaying in the wind. It is still quite windy here.
Check out the high waves in the top photo. We were told they were 12 to 17 feet high.
We drove along Highway 292 to 98 out to Pensacola Beach and Pier. We found a few places where water was across the road but it wasn’t very deep.
I saw one broken telephone pole and almost wasn’t quick enough with the camera.
There were quite a few palm tree leaves on the ground but we didn’t see any fallen trees.
In some places the white sand was drifting across the road like snow does up north. I wonder if they call them sandplows down here instead of snowplows?
The white sand blowing and drifting sure reminded us of Ohio.
Most of the beaches were closed today but we were able to get some cool pictures of the waves from the road.
We heard on the radio that the Navarre Beach Pier sustained some damage and will be closed until further notice.
We drove all the way there and couldn’t see anything in particular.
A sign was tipped over and a worker truck was there to fix it.
It was a fun day driving around looking for something to photograph. We came home and played cards with two friends. Walt is from eastern Ohio and Alex is from Arkansas, although she has lived in a lot of different states over the years.
Walt lost a piece of his RV in the wind, but not a vital part. I don’t think anyone else in the campground had any damage.
Life in the RV was good today.
We left our traditional house and way of life behind and pulled out of the driveway in an RV on April 25, 2022. We are coming up on two years soon and I have loved every single day of the adventure.
Thanks for reading and allowing me to share our adventures with you.
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