Friday, November 2, 2018
11/02/18 - I did not get much sleep last night since I was worried about the battery problem but did finally sleep from about midnight to 2:30 am and the light was still green. I then woke up around 4:30 am and the light was red. I did decide not to worry and get a little more sleep. Woke up at 6:50 am and decided I needed to get things done and on road. I left the Walmart at 8:10 am. Around 10:30 am I stopped at the rest stop and sure enough the light was green and I was back in business. I decided to take my time and get a little rest since I was planning on only about 279 miles. Plans were to stop for the night at a Love's truck stop just north of Daytona Beach. I got there about 3:20pm and even thought it might be a little early but it was a very small Love's and there were so many trucks already parked, I just left. Since I did not want to drive out of the way, I headed for I-4 which was taking me west to Tampa, Florida. When I arrived at I-4 I was the exit number 131. I knew of another truck stop at exit number 55 so decided to head for it. I drove for quite a while and all of sudden saw a sign that said rest area ahead. I decided to check and see if there were signs posted "No Overnight Parking" and I did not see any and decided to stay here. It does states there is night time security so not sure what that will mean for me. I am going to stay and hopefully will be left alone. There are a couple of trucks here right now and believe they are sleeping as well. So hopefully will have a good night. Anyway, I got parked about 4:30 pm and before I could get it together to turn off the car, it started to rain. Soon it got extremely windy and just poured sheets of rain. It was kinda scary. The RV even shook from side to side and I kept praying that it would not overturn. I did have a semi beside me and I am sure it shielded me some since it kinda came from the direction. It lasted about 6 minutes and then just rained. There is debris all over the road next to me. I talked with Sue Bontreger and learned that Tampa Bay area had several tornadoes touch down and had damaged trees and some buildings and lots of people out of power. I am about 100 miles from that area so I am glad I found this rest stop for many reasons. I plan to go to bed early and hopefully get more sleep.
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