September 17. I woke up with a start. Yipes! 6:15 am already. No wait….where am I?  Oh, I’m back at home. I went back to sleep.  With the impending deluge of Florence’s aftermath I decided late Friday to head for home. So on Saturday morning I went to Tryon and gathered up my camera gear, had breakfast and hit the road choosing a more westerly route so as to avoid  the heavy rain that was forecast.

WEG 2018 was an amazing experience. There were some upsets: the course misdirection for the Endurance riders, the eventual cancellation of the Endurance competition. And then there was Florence. She did not make an appearance as a full fledged hurricane but she was still packing a wallop as she moved inexorably toward the WEG location. The WEG Media sent out regular emails to keep the accredited media  informed.  But as the weather forecast got…