I live in Florida
The last 11 days have been a whirlwind
and a hurricane named Irma.
We watched the TV reports and decided that we should evacuate.
The storm was a big one and was headed right up the Florida peninsula.
So in two hours we loaded ourselves and our dog and headed out.
We drove and drove...and drove north and west until we arrived at our former home in Denver, CO
Along the way there were issues because we had 15 lb Harley.
Never mind that my children have (in the past) caused more damage than this dog could ever think of doing, at the Fairfield Inn in Milledgeville, Georgia with a reservation at 11:30 at night,
we were NOT welcome.
Thankfully we were welcome elsewhere.
After that we researched carefully on the internet where we could stay.
And we ended up at the Brown Palace in Downtown Denver.
It is a grand old lady of the hotels in Denver and they treated us, and our dog like royalty.
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| Harley watching the news of Irma from the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, CO |
We got to catch up with old friends, all the while monitoring the progress of Irma up
our home state. Luckily for us, the news was good and on Tuesday morning we
set out for home. The first day we drove 800 miles, the second 650 and the last day
we drove 400. Now that is haulin'.
We are home, and it is intact!
We are so thankful!
Before we left I was working on this
The idea came from a wire sculpture in one of the homes I sold this last year.
We will get back to normal today.
Wishing you all a happy PPF!
11 comments:
Oh Susan what a crazy experience! Thank godness your home in Fl. was found intact, and thank goodness you found places to stay comfortably with Harley. That was some LONG driving time-yikes!
LOVE your fish art! Happy PPF
I'm very pleased that your home is good and your experience turned out positive! Such scary weather. I love your little fish! So adorable :)
So glad you stayed safe and are now back home. How nasty of that hotel not to want to take in your sweet little dog. Hope the next weeks will be more restful for you. Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie
So glad you are safe and your little doggie is so adorable watching TV and love your fish art ~ fantastic ~ ^_^ ~ Happy PPF
(A ShutterBug Explores)
Beautiful painting! Hope you have power my sis in Miami is still without.
Fab photo of your dog and glad to hear your home was ok.
Love the fish! And so glad, your home is ok and you have power. Happy PPF!
So glad to hear you and your family are okay. It must've been so scary. Isn't Harley the cutest! The way he's relaxing there made me smile. And I LOVE your fish! Happy PPF!
Oh I am so glad your place is fine!! I was so worried about everyone as I watched the news here in Canada. Wonderful painting I love it, and Harley has my heart...all little white dogs do..Glad you found a good place to hunker down!
Peace Giggles
So glad you got out. My Son and family live in Jacksonville, they stayed and were fine. Hope your home is OK. Love the art you created.
Glad you are ok. We have relatives in Deland and they have still been without power. Love the fish!
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