Tues 31 Aug

Gotta walk to the library again today to renew my library card. Who knew it expires? The librarian told me it needs to renew every 4 years, but I don't ever remember having to renew it before. All I need to do is show them my ID and it should be done for another 4 years, so it's not really that much of a bother. If I regularly carried my ID, I could have taken care of it when I picked up my book yesterday. Food: 7:55 am 2 slices Costco butter cinnamon pound cake, 104 g blackberries, coffee

Mon 30 Aug

Back home from a wonderful vacation! Safe and reasonably comfortable travels in our little Prius C with good gas mileage thrown in the bargain. Sufficient room for all our stuff and enough for a Costco run on the return trip. All the Hotwire hotels were satisfactory, a cut above what cheap hotels used to be. Had a really good oatmeal/eggs/sausage/pancakes breakfast at Tru in Elkhart, IN where I had my first exposure to a countertop machine that made the pancakes to order on a little conveyor belt. The breakfast bar attendant said people have been videoing the machine ever since they got it. Lots of good hikes in Acadia and in Vermont, but this will go on record as the sweatiest vacation ever! Temperatures weren't too high til it reached 90° the last couple of days in Vermont, but the humidity must have been in the upper 90s most every day. As soon as you reached even a slight uphill or challenging hiking surface, you'd start sweating and never stop. I would spend all day with my underneath layer soggy with sweat. The merino shirt kept it from irritating my skin, but I could feel it was wet if I touched it, and my cotton underwear never dried out all day. Food: 7:55 am Cinnamon roll, 103 g blackberries, coffee

Sat 14 Aug

Today's the day! We head out on a road trip for the first time in a long time. I think we are quite well-prepared, but I'll find out what I've forgotten as we go. Since we'll be stateside in pretty well settled areas the whole time, it shouldn't be too difficult to replace any forgotten items.

Fri 13 Aug

Sunny, temps of 58°, humidity is still 89% but supposed to fall and remain lower over the next few days. Feels wonderful at the moment. Today is the day to finish laundry, start putting things into the car, deliver John's raffle prize to Michelle, two gym classes - busy day. Food: 7:55 am Honey bear, 75 g blackberries, coffee

Thurs 12 Aug

Humidity is slightly lower this morning at 85%, and it's gone down a couple of points since I first looked. Doesn't feel as oppressive. Nice. Food: 7:55 am Chocolate croissant, 77 g blackberries, coffee

Wed 11 Aug

Once again we start the day with very high humidity, 96% today. It will be nice when that drops back into tolerable ranges. Making slow, steady progress on trip prep, but could stand to kick it up a notch today. Food: 7:50 am Cheese danish, 77 g blackberries, coffee

Tues 10 Aug

High humidity again today, at least I think 99% is pretty high. Hope it decreases some through the day. I plan to wash my merino today and hopefully finish cleaning out the car. Food: 8:15 am Chocolate pecan pinwheel, 101 g blackberries, coffee