Stop in for a cup of coffee
I get why they have the rules, but you would think common sense.... Nevermind. LOL
I read about your day yesterday, paying to access the beach seems unjust, especially when you go there just to take a stroll and relax your mind.
My day was strange, thankfully no family dealings like you had. You have my sympathy.
There are only two roads connecting this big, low-lying "island" to the main north/south route. The one they call Main Rd. was closed Monday night near the highway due to water on the road from full moon high tide and rain.
Yesterday I drove the rental car to the shop to see if maybe my Toyota would be ready anytime soon. So I could return the caruu to Enterprise and make it to work on time. Mr. Davis said he wanted to keep it and make sure there weren't any leaks or issues. So, I headed back home.
Driving to work, the tire pressure monitor thingee shows I'm losing air pretty fast in one tire. So I fill it up at the only gas station out here, and continue. I'd picked up a tack on my little joyride. Then at the security gate, I need a temporary pass, since I don't have a decal on the rental car, and they make me go to the town hall for one. Finally I get to work, the tire is slowly losing air...I go in and hunt down my boss and ask if I can be off, we are super slow and he says yes. So then I run back out to the car, and head back for more air, and make it home, where I can change the tire comfortably.
Then, I find out Main Rd. was shut down during the afternoon, and again last night, and when it's open, it's only open one lane down the middle to get off the island, and now they are saying it may be like this "indefinately." Getting onto the island you have to use the other route, adding an hour, at least. Luckily I live out here, and don't travel back and forth, but I still have to return this rental car.
The thing is, County, State, Federal, and also the Railroad are all passing the buck about paying to solve the drainage problem. If we had a hurricane, many could die, being stuck in their homes or on the road!
So today I've got to find a coworker who comes the other way, have Enterprise drop me off at their house and have them take me to my car. But I'm lucky. Some people in parts of Charleston are flooded out of their homes.
Crazy huh? Dang my coffee's gotten cold!