Weather Woes

You must know that the weather is not perfect always, even at Holden Village. Say WHAT??!!

No kidding, it has been hot, really hot, here for the past 4 days. The Village thermometer, always in the shade on the porch of the dining hall, has registered temperatures in the 90's every day at about 5:00 pm when we go in to dinner. And the breezes which normally grace the Railroad Creek Valley have quit us.

At mid-day, only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun. There is a noticeable lack of activity out and about. I was able to get in an early morning ride on the bicycle on Sunday but decided to go early in the morning. Yesterday, I did not even attempt a biking go-round...figured I could not carry enough water to hydrate.

Fortunately, this is not northwest Florida so we do not have the humidity to deal with along with the heat. So we are uncomfortably hot, but there has been no murder-and-mayhem by those pushed over the edge by their misery.

And an unfortunate lapse of good judgement in last night's dinner menu...chili!