From Frigid Temperatures to Extreme Heat

We are so relieved that we did not hear about the EF3 tornado that hit the Jacksonville State University in March that did some major damage until after this event was over. But now we are dodging Michael, or better yet staying ahead of him. 

On Monday we had errands to run and made it to the Comfort Inn in Cordell, Georgia leaving 300 miles for Tuesday. Our suite again was huge with a separate bedroom with a king bed and television. Living room area had a couch, desk, fridge, microwave and a bar area. The front desk had a newbie and was slow but the manager helped her speed up our check in and the room was clean. Tuesday was an accelerating drive, all stops were in the doom n gloom areas with fearful people and television stations predicting the worse case scenarios, it was almost like a movie. Then the storms, heavy rain, and some strong winds made it not one of our best driving days, but we avoided most severe storms along our route, so like many other times we are grateful. We arrived mid Tuesday in Orlando which allowed us some relaxation time and we took full advantage of it. Our suite had a more open layout with all the necessities like a king bed, couch, microwave, fridge and a great shower head.

Michael was devastating and kept us inside since even though we were not near the eye, it was huge and we were getting his backlash storms and lots of wind. We got caught in a few deluges during some really inopportune moments. The worse time was when the semi unloaded our 2 pallets and the skies immediately opened. The rain was harder than we had ever seen it and instead of him putting the pallets back into the semi, he himself moved further into the trailer so not to get wet and watched us struggle to get a tent out of the trailer and attempt to get it up to cover the boxes of TShirts during the deluge and wind storm…what a idiot. We made it through but we were soaked! We had an extremely successful event, big bonus and great helpers, it was great. Now we head back up north where temperatures are much cooler…yeah!