If you can't find a gun shop or pawn shop, lots of both, to hold your weapon(s) for a reasonable fee, I live about 20 miles from cove on 2657. Depends on how your route takes you, you might be driving right by me. It would be no big deal for me to secure your weapon(s) for you, and would be happy to assist a fellow CHLer.
I always hated being disarmed while I was working at Hood.
Good luck.
Dan