We survived the crazy storm. We went out and saw flooding everywhere. There were small lakes all over the area. The news said there was more rain from this storm than Hurricane Ivan. I felt like it was a hurricane. The winds were strong, and the rain was heavy, I think the only difference between it being a true hurricane and what we went through was the storm was not circular, cyclonic form. The entire area was dead. Bridges were closed, homes were flooded, and there were power outages. Where we were the news said they got 5-10" in an hour. In some areas they received 25" of rain. That is a lot of water.
Although the RV is brand new, there is a leak from the ceiling vent onto the top bunk where the kids sleep. It was soaked on the top bunk and everything in the RV felt wet on some level. The drawer where we keep Trey's clothes were soaked. Although we never got a true Tornado it was still a good thing we went to the hotel. I think we would have had a difficult time getting any sleep in the RV. The storm was still hanging over us, at times we still had times of heavy downpour and high winds.
We left the hotel and went to the much anticipated (by Dax) breakfast at the Waffle House. Just sitting at the window and looking out, mini lakes were all over, everything was soaked. The kids loved it, it was a little dumpier than I thought. I was expecting it to be similar to a Denny's. Curtis had warned me that they were not that nice. And he was correct.
By afternoon the worst of the storm was over, yet not done.
Instead of spending another day cooped in the RV, Curtis found us this great hotel in Destin. When Curtis first walked into the hotel to register, he opened the
office door, and it about blew off the winds were so strong. This hotel was fantastic, It was like a condo. We had two bedrooms, 2 baths (one had a jacuzzi tub, which Trey loved ), a full kitchen and living area. The best part was the indoor pool and hot tub. Normally an indoor pool and hot tub wouldn't be something you look for along the most beautiful beaches in Florida, but on a day like that it was a wonderful thing. They also had an activity room, with a pool table (Trey was excited about that) video games, and a little theater. When Curtis registered us for the hotel, they had the movie "Planes ". By the time we got settled and back into the activity room, the power had already gone out in that area of the hotel. Which they warned us about. Some of the outlets in our room worked and some didn't. With nothing else to do we headed for their indoor pool. It was really nice and we all had a great time soaking in the hot tub and playing in the pool.
Finally the winds died down, and the rain was light, so Curtis and I walked over to the "Beach Department stores" They were tourist shops that sold all kinds of beachy stuff. We picked up a few t-shirts, beach shoes and other nicky nacky stuff we wanted. We also made a trip to Wal-Mart to stock up on some food and other necessities for the RV. By night time it probably would have been ok to sleep in the RV again, but we had this nice hotel so we stayed there. Although we did have to keep going back out to the RV to get out stuff. It was also nice to have room to spread out for a day. We were heading out for dinner and the place wanted to go to was closed, not sure if it was because of the weather or what. We were right next to a Waffle house so went there again. We were the only ones in there. The waitress took our order, then she brought us our food, but she kept forgetting stuff and had to keep going back to the cook and telling him what she forgot. These places are all open and you can see and hear everything that goes on with the cook. He was getting irritated and something about it. Then Derek said something like, she is Asian, maybe she doesn't understand. of course she likely heard that comment, which I doubt was the problem.
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