Thursday August 22nd 2024

The operative word for the day was HUMIDITY. I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof. It wasn’t heavy just persistent. The TV weather forecast called for rain most of the day. After the first period of rain ended, I stepped outside to do a couple of tasks. The air was so thick with humidity that you could cut it with a butter knife. Despite the forecast the off and on rain ended in the late afternoon. The sun even broke through for a while. Today’s high temperature was in the mid eighties.

During most of the rainy part of the day, I was running errands. That basically means shopping in the form of looking not buying. It was often necessary to sit in the car and wait for the rain to let up. For the most part I was successful staying dry.

I got in my afternoon walk around the RV resort once the rain let up. The humidity was so high that the simple act of hiking drenched my shirt with sweat. I was surprised to see a departure by an RV that I assumed was permanent. Overall, there are more new long term RVs arriving. You can tell by the pressure treated lumber that they buy shortly after arriving. The lumber gets turned into steps and decks around their RVs. I assume they need to sign a long term lease on the site before the park allows them to build the structures.

Today’s rain was light overall. There hasn’t been more than a few minutes of heavy rain over the last week or so. The retention ponds have gone down significantly as a result. Today I only saw one bird in all of the retention ponds. They’ve found better feeding grounds in better waters.