Day: October 26, 2021

26 October 2021

Apologies for no post yesterday but I had one bar of service.

Well, it did rain. Dark Skies told me around 6:30 pm it would begin to rain. It did. Around 8:30 pm the skies opened up. Click on the audio below to hear the intensity of the rain.

I got up to pee three times last night and no, I didn’t go to the comfort station which was 4 campsites away and uphill. Instead, I went behind the tent.

The first time I went, I waited until there was a break in the rain and emerged from the tent into a dense fog. The second time I got up to pee, half the sky was total clouds and half was clear as a bell. I met Mr. Orion again.

The third time I got up, it was with gale force winds. I have no way of determine the wind speed but it sounded like 40-50 mph winds. My phone beeped and said there was a wind advisory. You can get some idea of what it sounded like by clicking on the audio below.

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After 4 years in the Coast Guard and 37 years of living in Florida, I have a pretty good feel for wind speed and I think this was definitely gale force. Fortunately, the tent was sheltered and the wind was mostly high in the trees. Unfortunately, we were basically atop Loft Mountain and the winds were amazingly strong. We also had lightening strikes – nothing close, fortunately, but definitely something to worry about.

I waked at 3:30 am (I went to bed at 8:30 pm) and tried to get back to sleep to no avail. I decided to break camp around 5 am and I was on the road by 5:50 am. I was to spend two nights at Loft Mountain, two nights at Mount Pisgah Campground and one night on the way home.

The forecast called for more wind and rain. I can hike in the rain but the wind would have made it miserable.

Skyline Drive is eerie at 6 am. There was so much wind that many times the road was obscured from downed leaves to the point that you could barely see the stripes on the road bed.

I was nervous about three things: deer, smaller animals like raccoons, and downed trees. I experienced the first two but not the latter. There were three deer on my way out of the campground and I came to a skidding halt when a family of three raccoons crossed the road in front of me.

As usual, my GPS was useless. It kept telling me to veer right or left but what it was doing was taking into consideration the overlooks. Then it had me turn left of Skyline to something-or-other Gap. It turned out to be a hiking trail. Most of the time it was re-configuring the map. It couldn’t find the interstate and had me turning every 3 miles or so. I finally switched it off and used the map on the iPhone – which turned out to be far more accurate.

In any case, I decided to head home. I’m spending the night in Savannah – my third night here over the years. I’m at the Garden Inn on Way Street – my second time here. I think they’ve renovated the place since my last stay since the rooms seem nicer than I remember.

It’s about a 7 hour drive back to Fort Lauderdale tomorrow. I plan to go to bed very early tonight.

I’ll post a final blog when I get back into Fort Lauderdale and get all the camping gear squared away and stowed.

Stay tuned!

25 October 2021

Casandra and I seem to have an issue.  I had no sooner left the hotel and headed out for Loft Mountain Campground when I passed a sign for the Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park.  I immediately turned around and headed for the drive.  Loft Mountain is just off the drive and I knew it would lead me to the campground.

She constantly wanted me to turn around at every overlook until I cut the cord on her.  Then it dawned on me I had programed it for the quickest route, not a scenic route.  By her routing, it would take 3 hours and 6 minutes.  

By traveling the Skyline, it took me 3 hours and 30 minutes and that was with stops.  I’m sure she would have routed me through small towns with stop lights and stop signs every few feet.  

It was well worth traveling the Skyline.  The fall colors were not spectacular, just beautiful.  The yellows of hickories and elms were especially brilliant and there were some stunning reds from maples.  It looks like the Shenandoah will be at its peak for fall colors in a couple of weeks but what I saw was great.

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I made the obligatory stop at Rocky Top overlook.  Most who read my blog have seen the photo of Archie and me at Rocky Top.  I must have been all of three years old – and in pajamas.  

Loft Mountain is the largest campground in the Shenandoah.  I pitched the tent and then drove to the campground store to see what it is like.  Showers are open except from 1-3 every day for cleaning.  I got lost in the maze of sites on my return and had to circle back to get to my already pitched tent.

While checking out the store, I saw a Benadryl anti-itch ointment. Lately, I’ve been waked at night with itching in my arm pits. I know – weird. I have numerous remedies for it on the dresser beside my bed. I packed one for the trip. I couldn’t find it. What I did have was some Preparation H ointment. Hemorrhoids are something I must have inherited from my Dad. He had them really bad. In his case, and mine, I think they are brought on by stress. I always pack some in case I need it. Since I could not find the anti-itch cream, I decided that Preparation H would work – since it is anti-itch also. It did. It’s the wonder cream. It even works for bags under the eyes – remember it is supposed to shrink hemorrhoids. It works. One time I looked in the mirror and I looked like a raccoon. It took just a few days of PrepH under the eyes and the raccoon look was gone. I’ve now added another use for it.

Rain is predicted tonight and tomorrow.  I may or may not get some hiking in.  The rain won’t bother me – my tent has weathered some pretty intense downpours and it stays dry.  What I will not like doing is packing camp up two days from now in the rain.  I hope it quits soon enough to break camp.

Stay tuned!