Sorry I haven’t written in a while. Been without an internet connection. Here’s the quick update:

We’re planning on leaving Chicago on early Tuesday (10/26). Will spend a night in Chattanooga TN, then drop off the car in Jacksonville FL (spending another night there). After that, depending on hurricane damage, we’ll spend about a week in the Fort Meyers area. If the storm destroys that area, then we’ll just fly out to PR sooner.

Next Tuesday (10/25) is when the movers are scheduled to cart a bunch of our stuff out to Puerto Rico. So, we’ll likely be hitting the road to Florida (to drop off the car) on Wednesday the 26th. One of our concerns right now is whether Hurricane Wilma is going to hit Florida. The two tracks (as of today) say either Miami (where we fly out of) or Jacksonville (where we drop off the car). Depending on how bad it gets down there, we might need to drop the car off in New Jersey instead. We’ll see what happens.

Well, my last day of work was last Friday (10/14). Everyone seems to have had a good time at the party(sometimes a little too good). Once I get some pictures back, I’ll post them up. (BTW: I’m still working on getting the Coppermine images thing working on the site. Once it’s up I’ll let you know.)

I’m not kicking back and relaxing yet, since we need to get ready for the big move. We’ve got the car situation pretty well under control (driving down to Florida later this month), but there are a hundred other things we need to do. Mainly need to figure out what we going to ship, what the movers will take, etc.

Evelyn and I visited a regional forest on our last trip. It was to the east of Arecibo…need to look up the name. The thing I noticed was that they allow / have mountain biking trails. Once we have our bikes down there, we’re going to give them a try. I’ll keep you posted. (One other thing was that the park was pretty busy, so if you are looking for silence, this probably isn’t a good place–lots of people with picnics & beer.)

This forest is located in the northwest, near Arecibo. (If you are in the area to see the Radio Telescope or the Rio Camuy Caves, be sure to stop be here also.)

Evelyn and I have done several hikes in this forest. It’s usually quiet (very few visitors compared to other forests) and the trails are well maintained.

Be sure to visit the Wind Cave, which is on one of the trails. Now if you are expecting wind, then look elsewhere, since it’s never been windy when we’ve went there. However, you will find some steep (but well maintained) stairs that lead down to a clean cave. You’ll see bats and bugs and the usually amount of dripping water. Be sure to bring flashlights–headlamps are better–you won’t see anything without them. We’ve gone about 500 feet into the cave (no crawling is necessary) and plan to do more once we live on the island.

Well, as of the beginning of September we have nearly all of our stuff in storage. There’s one 10×20 with our furniture and another for the 400+ boxes. It’s amazing how much two poeple can collect over a couple of years.