Wednesday July 24th 2024

I think I got psyched out by the morning weather forecast. They were using terms like “the heatwave has returned” and “warmest day of the week”. It turned out the actual temperature and humidity weren’t much different from yesterday, but when I stepped out of my RV home this morning the heat hit me like a solid wall. I was outside for only a little while before I retreated to the air conditioning.

It was an inside day until a little after 5PM. I did a few chores and chased a lot of random information on the internet as a form of entertainment. Around 4:30 it got very dark outside. I assumed a storm was approaching, but all of the horizons were still bright with sunshine. The thunderstorm was forming right overhead. I stepped out briefly to get picture of the cloud shelf to the east. A few drops of rain fell along with a lot of wind. The real storm complete with thunder and lightening did materialize before the black clouds were well to the west.

I was able to get my walk around the RV park in shortly after the storm moved through. It was much more comfortable walking outside. The storm took a few degrees of heat away with it. On my walk I observed the park was still well occupied at about the same level as Monday. The surge of occupancy didn’t seem to continue to increase yesterday or today. On the wildlife front, the birds were still taking advantage of the water in the retention ponds.