It\’s weather watch time already, and hurricane season has barely begun!

Yesterday afternoon I learned about Tropical Storm Cristobal. Cristobal\’s eventual track is still uncertain; but last night it looked like he\’s making a beeline for us. I actually hope he travels fast. I figure that, the faster he goes, the less time he\’ll have to strengthen.

Thanks to my many trips to the salvage store, I have quite an abundance of non-perishable foods to use in case a storm does hit. Yesterday evening after supper I made a special trip to Walgreen\’s® to get a couple of jugs of drinking water. I\’m not going to wait until it\’s certain that Cristobal will land here to get them; by then it will be too late.

Unfortunately Cristobal\’s effects might keep me from the excursion I was planning for Saturday: a trip to (yes, AGAIN!) the salvage store using all three means of carrying stuff. Trips using trunk and panniers are the most common. I\’ve also used trunk and trailer.

But never before had I used all three on one trip. I was going to try it out this time, so I can blog about it. I\’d like to get one or two lightweight but bulky items so I\’m not too dragged down, but I want to get an idea of how the hybrid will handle under such a load. And, incidentally, me.

Until then, I\’ll have to keep the weather watch going. I don\’t want to be caught off-guard by a torrential downpour on the way back from the store.