Here we go again. With Hurricane Milton forming in the Gulf of Mexico and Orlando being in the projected path I decided to look for campgrounds in North Florida. Luckily Red Rooster RV Park near Lake City had a site available. On Tuesday , 10/ 08/2024 I headed out early in the morning to drive north. Traffic on US 27 was flowing very nicely , however once on I-75 it was a slow moving parking lot with all the people leaving South and Central Florida. What should have taken 3 hours took over 5 hours, however I made it. Some Gas Stations close to the Interstate had no fuel anymore and the ones that had there was a line of 50-60 cars. Once off the Interstate I fueled up at a Mom and Pop station and drove the remaining 10 mile to the campground. After setting up, a “quick” trip to the grocery store and then Rest and Relax. The sunset on Tuesday evening was spectacular. It looked as if the land was on fire. (see pictures). Wednesday was very rainy with some wind. In the evening I put the slides in in preparation of higher wind. Schnitzel was rocking from side to side but nothing scary. Thursday morning I took a walk around the campground but there was no damage anywhere. The campground owners , Kay and Scott treated all of us to homemade Cinnamon Rolls which was a nice touch. I will stay here until Sunday since there are lots power outages in the Orlando area and most likely the campground I want to go back to is affected.
Until next update,
Bernhard
