Thursday July 20th 2023

The haze is gone, but the heat remains. Today’s temperature peaked well above the normal temperature for this day at ninety eight degrees. It is still less humid than normal which has kept the daily thunderstorms away. Without the storms there is no brief relief from the heat. The overnight temperatures have remained in the eighties.

While I was out today I stopped at another one of the boat launch parks the county maintains. Based on my other stops at similar areas earlier in the week, I expected to find low tide. It was high tide and not very entertaining. One boat was getting put into the river, but there were no birds, fish or other creatures around to get my attention. The rivers and backwaters seem to create a very confusing tidal flow.

My primary goal away from my RV home today was to get groceries. The secondary part of that goal was to spend some time in air conditioning set at a a cool level. Both missions were achieved. Since it has been almost two weeks since my last grocery stock up, I had a lot to buy. Taking my time and not being terrible efficient walking the aisles I took more than an hour to complete my shopping.

At the RV park, I only got in one walk today. It was an evening walk when the sun had reached a lower angle. I didn’t get moving fast enough this morning for a walk before the sun was at its peak. There has been some change in the occupancy of the park. A few long term residents have departed and others seem to be slowly getting ready to move on. It isn’t anything specific, but you just get the idea that they are starting to organize things for a change. A couple of new trailers have also arrived without occupants. The units are brought in by a transport company and setup. The occupants arrive later.