This article is part of the series Follow Me East, a 5,000-mile ride from the Pacific to the Atlantic to meet my new nephew.

Sunday Evening the weather forecast came in that today was going to have bad weather all day. There were severe storms coming our way. If I leave today, I’ll follow in them. Staying a day lets them go by. I decide to stay.

It was horrific being stuck in that room all day. The weather was pouring rain. I think I saw Noah sail by. There is only so much computer and TV you can do.

I suit up to get dinner at Blimpie as its close. Tuesday cannot come soon enough.