With a hurricane on the way (but not here yet), what else to do but take a ride along the beachfront down to the Waveland Pier at lunchtime. We'll get back to the hurricane part in a minute. But first...
1. where: Garfield Ladner municipal pier pavilions, Waveland MS
2. date: 10/28/20
3. what: chicory cafe au lait with half&half
4. ride details: CX bike on a blustery pre-storm day
5. distance: 4.6 miles, with another 3.8 miles added on by riding along the beach toward downtown, in sort of a T-shaped route.
What could be more 2020 than sneaking in a coffeneuring trip with a hurricane bearing down on the area? Well the window boards were all up, the yard objects were all stowed, and the cars were moved away from the trees. Time to ride off some pre-storm jitters.
So here I sit, typing on my little laptop by the light of a battery lamp, linked to blogger via the phone's wifi hotspot. Ugh, soooo much cleanup to do. Second-worst storm I've been through, a distant second to Katrina. Got to find an electrician tomorrow... and get the chainsaw running... so much stuff to do. Time to upload pictures and hit the rack. Main thing: everyone's OK.
Coffee, and listening to storm news...
Not too rough, yet. Water's only up about a foot. I hear it topped out in the neighborhood of 10 feet.
I wonder what Zeta clocked in at when it finally hit the MS Coast?
afternote, 10/29: Gusts to 104 recorded here in town. I believe it!
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