Last night was the last time we are in tents. After this a hotel, YMCA and a National Guard Armory and then we are done!
Now the bad news.....
Forecast is for severe thunderstorms. Mother Nature is intent on showing us who is the boss!.
We have had several long ride days with 70 and 80 mile rides. It is clear that Florida has some serious weather as we have been riding on the roads that Hurricane Michael devastated. Trees down everywhere and houses destroyed.
The lucky houses that survived have their roofs covered in Home Depot blue tarps.
We had the police chief from Marianna Florida talk about the experience at our dinner last night. Power was out for 14 days. Several of his officers lost their houses and they put their families up in the police station - and did their patrols - in spite of losing everything.
One of the riders asked if FEMA was any help. His response was the the faith based organizations did a better job with the volunteers. Quote " The Mormons should run FEMA".
We are really cranking to get to the finish. The last couple of rides have been 70 and 85 miles long and we have another 80 miler tomorrow which is followed by a 70 miler.
The end is almost near! Tonight we are in Tallahassee and we are staying in our last hotel. Again the forecast is not looking good for tomorrow. Over 2000 flights have been cancelled.
National Weather Service warning that “a multi-day weather event with severe storms and heavy rainfall will impact several parts of the country.” The agency reports that there’s potential for tornadoes, wind damage, and flash flooding across the central Gulf Coast on Thursday and that the "threats will press eastward towards the East Coast on Friday.”
Really not sure what we are going to do tomorrow. We will have a check in at 7 tonight to figure out what we are expected to do. Hopefully there is some rational thinking going on with the staff.
Again 80 miles is hard enough - never mind adding in a serious weather condition.
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