It's Hot!!!!!!!

SHIP'S LOG:

In case you don't know it, you who live in air-conditioned comfort, it is hot out there! And what is more, it is humid too! Being with out an air conditioner or a wall socket into which to plug it, ABISHAG is at the mercy of the wind which, thank goodness, continues to blow, fairly consistently if not with great velocity.  In any event, it is enough to move ABISHAG when the urge overtakes me. Getting ready to shove off can be quite the effort in the heat and humidity and it takes not only the physical effort, it takes copious amounts of fluid. I would guesstimate knocking back  at least  a gallon and a half to 2 gallons of water a day, and that doesn't include a can or two of ginger-ale (it's cold!) and the odd can of beer or three (which are also cold!) Eventually, the weather will brake and there will probably be a hell of a thunder storm, but for right now,  it is "late- August-in-July"!

NOAA did it to me  again. There were no predicted rains for the week ahead, at least according to the weather report yesterday. And so, quite naturally, I was asleep in the aft cabin under the wide open hatch when at a bout 4 am the skies opened up and sent me scurrying about closing all the hatches and ports against the rain.Stumbling around in the dark, having been so rudely awaken from sleep by a cold and drenching shower, I got ABISHAG shut-up just in time to see the rain stop. Then it was  matter of re-opening all the ports and hatches, though not completely this time, less there be another shower. Alas, there was none and the rain we did get is serving as I write this to boost the humidity.  It will be another "Triple H" day, Hazy, Hot & Humid. But the one good thing about such a day is that you don't have to shovel hazy, hot & humid!