Travel

as we head south, and just wondered what people did when on the road to make sure they have a decent plan/someplace safe to ride threatening storm warnings out.

We were under some rotation a few years back that didn't cause trouble in Rodanthe, but caused a tornado in Currituck. That's the closest I ever want to come to one. In another storm, we were near a microsburst or straight-line winds that totally flattened a bunch of stuff at Chicamicomico Lifesaving Station, which was right next to our campground (about 3/4 mile up the road). Thankfully, other than REALLY rocking our trailer, nothing was damaged in our campground. We were VERY close to moving to our truck for the rest of night on that one since it had a lower profile than the tall fifth wheel. We've also had vacations cut short due to pre-hurricane windy conditions (Oregon Inlet and Bay Bridge Tunnel) and storm surge overwash.

We'd be sticking closer to home and doing a shorter vacation if it wasn't Dad's 80th. He was just diagnosed with Alzheimers. We opted not to go in with the rest of my BILs/SILs and all their kids in renting a house. We're taking the scenic route and going to be stopping in Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia (to see the aquarium) going down and in South Carolina (for beach/shelling), Williamsburg, VA, and Baltimore, MD (for the Otakon Convention) coming back home.

Gonna be a lot of driving, but we made sure we stop each night early enough for me to cook dinner and for the kids to hop in the campground pool or play a round of mini-golf.