Wednesday September 13th 2023

The humidity continues to remain high. The temperature climbed into the low nineties. Putting the two together equals a really uncomfortable day in the sunshine. Sitting in the shade with a little bit of a breeze is still the best way to spend the day short of inside with air conditioning.

Today was my day to be reminded how heavy and slow local traffic is in the Sarasota Bradenton area. It isn’t even snowbird season yet and the volume of traffic results in it taking more than one light cycle to get through many traffic lights. Interstate 75 which passes by north to south on the east side of both cities has had various parts under construction for years. Right now the construction is at the bridge over the Manatee river in the north and at Clark road at the south in Sarasota. In between the interstate is just busy, but at the two ends traffic crawls. I tried a few short cuts I’ve learned over the years, but I don’t think I saved any time because of the volume of traffic.

I found more construction going on in the state park. Today there was an excavator parked at the boat launch area. A part of the ramp to the floating dock is missing and the area is taped off. Maybe that is going to get worked on with the excavator. In the day use area, they made more progress putting in forms to extend the cement floor of the pavilion. It looks like they are ready for cement. I am still not sure why they are extending the cement pad.