Day 3 - 235 -- Hot and Humid

Heavy grey clouds covered the sky most of the day. It was spitting a little late in the morning, and it was pouring so hard visibility was reduced just after lunch. All that water has just hung in the air with none of it evaporating from the ground. Luckily the temperature wasn't too high, so the humidex was uncomfortable, but bearable. Tomorrow may be a bit of a respite before the next stretch of much warmer, humid air arrives. This  isn't my favourite weather, but it seems common at the end of August in this part of the country.

I've traveled places where the humidity envelopes a person -- where socks take days to dry. Bangkok and Singapore were challenging, even when we were there in the cooler and less wet time of the year. People from Australia visited there to get somewhere cooler than an Aussie summer. Now that concept was eye-opening. Tropical climates tend toward hot and wet, though. New Orleans or Washington DC in July can be stifling, with unrelenting heat pounding down from the sun and the humid swampy air holding all the moisture close to the ground. Breathing takes extra effort. The only upside is for these few days, my hair actually has some body. <grin>

The moisture today reminded me of a boat trip in southern Louisiana, which reminded me of a song. The video to go with the song shows the smooth as glass water and the bright summer sun, along with various critters that live amongst the cypress. Enjoy!

Born on the Bayou -- CCR