August In Connecticut . . . Sort Of!

SHIP'S LOG:

Current Location: Still tied to the dock at BYSC

I know that you do not like me to talk about the weather I am experiencing but I have too. While you may be freezing, I am dealing with weather that is much like Connecticut on a Mid-August Day. It is hot, in the 80's; it is humid, in the high 90's, and yesterday, and again today, we got major thunder & lightning storms. And like Connecticut in August, the rain did not coll the temp nor drop the humidity, though it did keep the gnats away . . . at least as long as it was raining.

The lightning last night, before the rain hit, was spectacular. It lit up Beaufort like a pinball machine. Lots of great colors and some great thunder. There is really something special about a storm like this. You can really feel the power of God in it. I love to sit(ashore) and watch such a storm smack into the water. It always boosts the energy and from an open pavilion, like the one at the end of the BYSC dock, I could just relax and enjoy the show. It was some of God's best work.

Today was more rain than anything else. Most of the thunder was provided by the Marines on Parris Island. Again today they were firing off big guns and making a terrible racket. Whereas last night there was also a lot of wind, today there was none. The rain fell straight down with no breeze to circulate the cooling effects of which, as I said, there were little anyway.

The guy, Jim Travis, who so graciously loaned me his truck the other day, has express some interest in ABISHAG, that is in "possibly" purchasing ABISHAG. He must be interested as he is bringing his wife by to have a peak. They own a Swiss Runabout of 40 feet that is moored near by but for some reason they are looking "to move up" to a sailboat and he said, "That's exactly the kind of boat I am looking for." It would be weird to suddenly be "Boatless In Beaufort" but if that's what's going to happen, so be it. It would make a rather strange ending to the trip but then the whole trip has been "strange" in one way or another. I am not sure which way I feel about this but, like everything else, I'll take things as they come.

Hopefully, Guy will be up for lunch tomorrow. It will be good to see him. They man is a "spellbinder" in the best sense of the word and I could listen to him talk for hours. If he wasn't married, he and Peggy MaGee down at Archie's in Fort Pierce would make a very, extremely interesting couple. For now, I just hope that he is on his way to a full and complete recovery.

OOPS! Here comes the rain again! "Hello, Rain! Goodbye, Gnats!"