October rides: put a little color into it.

[rebeccaC]

And my property is fine, so far.

it's difficult for those who haven't actually gone through/witnessed the destruction of a hurricane to understand the longer term problems both financially and mental that survivors go through. I've always been impressed with your strength of spirit in dealing with the storms that have affected your area.....glad to hear your home wasn't badly affected this time......and there are some good opportunities for work in sustainability management and policy here in the hurricane free western u.s.

[Crankin]

Cemeteries are tourist attractions in my town... when my husband had colleagues in town from China, they wanted to go to "Author's Row," to see where the transcendental writers were buried. They took pictures, as do others. They even have walking paths in that one, where some people ride.
I don't see anything wrong with it.

[Crankin]

The south was home to many thriving Jewish communities, and there are remnants of many of them. Even in Columbus, I saw glimpses of this, stores that had been in business for 70-100 years now going out of business, because the original owners' descendants no longer want to be shop owners. Jews were owners of dry goods stores, restaurants, and often the town pharmacist or physician. Pretty much after WW 2, this started changing. I remember a long time ago, my parents had friends who moved to Atlanta; the guy was a liberal rabbi. They were back in MA after a year or two. They couldn't take the racism of the area in the late 50s/early 60s.
There's a lot of family history hidden in those old cemeteries. I have never been to Charleston. It's on my list.

[Crankin]

Yes, I have been to Savannah, twice. Once when we went to boot camp grad and the next year when we rented a condo in HHI and flew my dad in from San Diego for a vacation. I did not get to see that much, either time, but I did see the monument to the early Jewish settlers.
Spoke to my son last night. The base opened late yesterday. He said winds Wednesday night were no more than 30-40 mph, they lost power for about 2 hours. A few people went to the shelter in the convention center because their power was out longer. Schools were closed yesterday, which he thought was weird and stupid (coming from a New Englander, I can see this). He said the rain was nothing more than a regular hard rainstorm.

[north woods gal]

Finally got a couple days of drying out and the extended forecast looks dry, too. Still cool with 30s and 40s for highs, but I can handle that.

Beautiful classic fall day, today. Cool and brisk and windy with lots of leaves coming down and being blown around. Really just a great day to be outdoors. Only did 11 miles on the road, but added another 4 on the trails. Nothing strenuous, just relaxed and enjoyed the fall weather as we rode. Summer is gone for sure, but I've said my good-byes and have moved on.

[Crankin]

It rained almost all day here.This morning I finally went and bought new running shoes, which are sorely overdue. While I don't really run, I wear them at boot camp, where there is some running involved. The rain stopped around 2:00, when I went with DH to pick up something at Best Buy. It's about 30 minutes away, in a very busy area. Since the last time I was in this shopping center, a Sierra Trading Post opened. Ended up buying a puffy vest and a fleecy sweatshirt. Had hoped to at least take a walk when we got back, but it started raining again about mile from home. A moot point by now, it's rare I take a full rest day on a weekend, but it feels good. My leg had been hurting a bit more from my fall, so I went back to icing at least 3x a day on Thursday and it is much better.
Tomorrow we are going to ride to a food festival at Bolton Farms. This is a very hilly ride. Not sure how far it is; used to be 50 miles from our last house, but I think it may be a bit less.