Hurricane Ernesto

Mark and I ran the Virginia Beach Mini Marathon in 2006. Hurricane Ernesto went through Virginia Beach the day before we got there. That was lucky. Unfortunately, that meant that we had to drive through Hurricane Ernesto on our way to the Mini Marathon. Yikes. It was absolutely dreadful! One of the scariest things we have ever done, for sure! I had to go to the bathroom, we were almost out of gas, and trees were falling down all around us. We had nowhere to go. Everything was shut down. Luckily, I had my camera to document the occasion. We stopped in at a McDonalds where I [unsuccessfully] attempted to use the restroom…..