Coming Home

This is what I saw before we left Hilton Head yesterday morning. I got up and ran outside to watch the sun rise before we left for the airport to come home. It was well worth seeing. I am amazed everytime I watch it come up over the ocean. And then we came home...............






........to this. No electricity, no gas, no ice or cold foods in many areas of Cincinnati. Cincinnati was hit with the tail end of Ike. It has caused many problems in our area, we had winds over 70 miles an hour on Sunday. People were killed, mostly by falling trees. In the realm of things it is nothing compared to what our Texas friends are going through but we have had a little taste of what a devastating storm can do. We are one of the lucky ones who have power at our house but you can see that our local Kroger's did not have normal power and all the cold items were pulled from the shelves. I wanted some fresh veggies for dinner last night but there were none to be found and the gas situation was really bad. Our house did not have any damage that I can see. Lots of debris and a big branch in our swimming pool area. It knocked down part of the fence but the fence is coming down in a few weeks anyway. Good thing the pool was closed last week or the inside of it would have been really hard to clean. What amazed me was the giant trees that have been uprooted. Most of our schools have been off. My sweetie went back to work this morning but they are without normal power there too. So we'll be cleaning up as best as we can all week. Still it's good to be back home safe and sound and everyone is okay so you just deal with the rest of it. Hope everyone is well and I will be back around to visit soon.

Maddie and Papa in the creepy looking Kroger's.