Thursday in soggy Fernandia Beach

A quick update on events. Our friends – Alan and Carolyn (above photo) – arrived in Jacksonville yesterday. But there was a problem with scheduling et.al. at Mayo, so their plans have changed and will probably not be staying with us. We drove down yesterday and had dinner with them at one of our favorite restaurants – Carraba’s. Turns out it is one of their favorites also.

House work / repairs continue to drag out. What was supposed to be finished by this Friday, may not be done until a week from Friday – the same day our next visitors are scheduled to arrive. We have our fingers crossed but are not optimistic given the history of contractors scheduling / estimates.

We continue to have afternoon downpours. Today is the fourth day in a row. The weather pattern is such that there is a strong flow from the southwest – from the Gulf of Mexico that sweeps across the state from the bend of Florida to the northeast section, hits the cooler Atlantic air and bang – major rain. But we need it and it cools us off.

So far we’re still on schedule to begin our RV adventure a week from this coming Sunday. Hopefully there will be no surprises to upset that apple cart.

By the way, for those of you that might be interested. I read an article today by a gentleman in Oregon who did a quick analysis on traveling by RV vs driving. His was a 2,000 mile and 30 day trip. He found that it was over twice as expensive to drive (family sedan) and stay in hotels, et.al. as it would be to drive his 45 ft RV and stay in RV parks. As he said, his was not an exhaustive analysis but it confirmed what I said earlier that the “direct” costs of our two week trip to Seattle would just about pay for the diesel fuel to drive from Fernandina Beach, FL to Seattle, WA and back!