0900 hours: The travel saga continues for me and Ms. Kate. The rule is, and always will be, "Turn around --- don't drown". So, here we are, still in Goldsboro North Carolina for one more night. The great news is that we'll get to see Lisa and family for one more night. The good news is that we are safe and the wonderful folks at Seymore Johnson Air Force base have granted us an extra night in the Distinguished Visitor's Quaters despite some General Officers coming in; and we are supposed to have sunshine tomorrow. The bad news is that we have had to spend the morning cancelling reservations all along the way that we had planned to go. We will head back toward Indiana tomorrow. But --- I'm going to stay on vacation and Ms. Kate and I can just have a week or ten days at home.

We've ventured out but the rain still comes down. It isn't a hard rain but it is a nasty cold rain.  I think it is 60* out now and it chills a person pretty quickly. Of course if I were to wear a jacket --- well, you know. But, we were hungry sso we went to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch and then over to Cold Stone for a little dessert since Ms. Amanda was working today. She is such a cutie

1430 hours:  I been watching the news about the flooding. The governor of South Carolina has the entire state under a state of emergency. I-95 still isn't open so it is a good thing that we changed our plans. It is 1430 hours now and the sun hasn't shone through at all. I feel so sorry for all of those folks that are waiting for the water to go back down. Probably thousands or even hundreds of thousands of homes are flooded and people are displaced. But, people being the idiots that are are still getting out in that water to "play". The Governor came out on television a little while ago and warned people to stay out of that water because of all of the contaminates, snakes, and alligators that will be in it. But there is always the invincible that are convinced that they are stronger than nature; then they scream for help when they get overwhelmed. Despite those folks, I certainly offer my prayers for all of the folks that are sitting homeless tonight and will have to go home to water-logged, mud soaked, and molding homes and cars when all of this recedes.

I also offer up prayers for friends and family and ask God's comfort and peace to surround them. Have a blessed day.