The Windmill Posts

Got to my hotel on Chincoteague island but I was a bit early so I thought I’d get some lunch. Nobody open. McDonald’s was even closed. But there were cars in the parking lot. It was very bizarre. Finally got to a sub shop and they told me the power was out. Blown transformer. Just the one. Power out for the whole island. That seems like a weak link there.

Back to hotel and they let me check in because they had physical keys. Went to my room and tried to nap while waiting for power to come back on. Eventually I just got way too far in my head and started to worry about the possibility the power wouldn’t come back on until morning. Need power for my CPAP and the heater in the room. The longer I wait the more night driving I would have to do if I bailed and just went to my brothers. So I reached out and they said to just come to them, that part of Maryland doesn’t have highway lights and so forth. Decision made and problem solved. So I bailed on the hotel and headed to my brother’s. It was eventually dark, and it was raining, and it seemed foggy too.

Had a great call with my therapist, managed to get a surprised “oh, huh.” out of her. Which is always good. But we covered a lot of good ground and it made my drive go by much faster. I stuck to the right lane and camped out behind slow traffic but still paid attention to the road, don’t worry.

So now I am in Baltimore, visiting family for Thanksgiving. More than a few zero days, I’ll be heading out on the 1st of December, heading north. So I’ll be picking up the blog again for sure. Until then I may have things to post and I may not. Old stories and new adventures. Not being an annoying Youtube creator – but if you subscribe you get notified when I throw a new post up.

Deets

• License Plates: DE, WV, Saskatchewan
• States: VA, DE, MD,
• Departed: 8:20 am EST, 59 degrees
• Original ETA 11:56 pm EST
• Arrival: 12:00 pm EST
• Warmest/Coldest: Death Valley 90°, Wallace ID 22°
• Weather: Blue sky, rain, sun, chilly
• Music:
  • Public Enemy – It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
  • Tricky – Maxinquaye
  • Edie Brickell – Shooting rubberbands at the stars
  • Yello – Stella
  • Random Mix off Yello – Sinead O’Connor, Yello, Propaganda, Art of Noise

Observations

• The Chesapeake Bridge / Tunnel
  • Needs to have a “Do you have to pee?” sign before the last exit
  • I’m fine with heights, and bridges over water don’t bother me. But after 20 minutes I started to get a little twitchy being enclosed or enbridged.
  • It’s a cool bridge though.
• Passed 8,000 miles! Doing the math and hoping I can get to 10,000 miles. It might be close, I’ll just drive around the block for a while.