When we got up this morning, Ken checked the weather, as he always does, and reported that a tropical storm warning had been issued, probably covering the area we were in. We got out the weather radio and talked about what to do. At that point, the decision was taken out of our hands. The hosts came by to tell us that the campground was being shut down and we had to be out by 1:00 p.m.
We checked our map of Virginia and decided to move inland, to Appomattox. The nearby state park had no sites available, so we are at Parkview Mobile Home and RV Park. It's okay, with long, wide sites and full hookups--but nothing like the ambience of Pocahontas. We're in sight of US 460.
We'll take advantage of our enforced stay here by visiting Appomattox Courthouse National Historic Park, which is just up the road.
We are hoping that Irene is not too hard on Virginia Beach and the Carolina coast. We're planning to move to Virginia Beach on Tuesday to visit my cousin Mike and his family. From there we'll go to New Bern, NC, where I was born, for a family reunion Labor Day weekend.
Our plans have been interrupted, but we are safe. We are hoping that everyone else is able to make preparations and avoid the hazards of the hurricane and tropical storms now threatening the east coast.
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