Strange summer
 

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

Strange summer
 

On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

===

As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape
Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and
by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened
by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went
well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had
about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain
we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a
good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the
coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now
we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and
scattered showers that come and go.

Strange summer
 

On 10/2/2014 12:02 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

===

As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape
Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and
by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened
by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went
well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had
about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain
we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a
good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the
coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now
we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and
scattered showers that come and go.



I've heard that the coastal south has had a lot of rain. My older son
lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC. His house is about 3 miles from the Isle of
Palms. When asked how the summer has been, he says, "wet".

Strange summer
 

I'll by north of you this weekend Richard. New Hampshire ...

Strange summer
 

On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:29:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/2/2014 12:02 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

===

As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape
Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and
by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened
by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went
well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had
about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain
we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a
good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the
coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now
we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and
scattered showers that come and go.



I've heard that the coastal south has had a lot of rain. My older son
lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC. His house is about 3 miles from the Isle of
Palms. When asked how the summer has been, he says, "wet".


===

We went right through there a few days ago and it was *very* wet. It's
a beautiful morning here on the Indian River just a few miles south of
the space center.

http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack

Strange summer
 

Tim says....
9:21 AMTim
" I'll by north of you this weekend Richard. New Hampshire ... "


Going 'leaf peeping Tim?
We're trying to gauge the best time to catch them at their most colorful, north of here in Cape Breton.

Strange summer
 

Not really, Don. My nephew is getting married in Concord NH this Sunday. I won't have time to do much while there though. A quick trip out and turn around to be back at work Monday. Bummer!

Strange summer
 

On Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:27:54 AM UTC-4, Wayne. B wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:29:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:



On 10/2/2014 12:02 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"

wrote:



We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here

in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first

period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last

couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it

was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.



Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually

there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may

have had one or two and they were not strong at all.



Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.



===



As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape

Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and

by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened

by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went

well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had

about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain

we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a

good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the

coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now

we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and

scattered showers that come and go.







I've heard that the coastal south has had a lot of rain. My older son

lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC. His house is about 3 miles from the Isle of

Palms. When asked how the summer has been, he says, "wet".





===



We went right through there a few days ago and it was *very* wet. It's

a beautiful morning here on the Indian River just a few miles south of

the space center.



http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack

We had a weird week in SC last week. It was cool, overcast and rainy everyday, with just a couple hours of sun finally on Friday. This week has been great, and today it'll be 89. It's supposed to cool off again over the weekend, with highs in the low 70's and lows in the upper 40's (!). Back in the 80's next week. Typical Fall weather in SC.

Strange summer
 

On 10/2/2014 8:21 AM, Tim wrote:

I'll by north of you this weekend Richard. New Hampshire ...


Say hi to Scott Brown. :-)

Strange summer
 

On 10/2/2014 8:27 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:29:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/2/2014 12:02 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

===

As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape
Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and
by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened
by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went
well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had
about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain
we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a
good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the
coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now
we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and
scattered showers that come and go.



I've heard that the coastal south has had a lot of rain. My older son
lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC. His house is about 3 miles from the Isle of
Palms. When asked how the summer has been, he says, "wet".


===

We went right through there a few days ago and it was *very* wet. It's
a beautiful morning here on the Indian River just a few miles south of
the space center.

http://tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack



Damn! Everytime you mention a location along the route it opens a
floodgate of good memories. We stopped at the Titusville municipal
marina for one night. Not much going on at that time and we ended up
spending about 2 hours shooting the **** with the Titusville
Harbormaster. He had all kinds of interesting stories.

I recently came across the trip log that my brother kept. I think I'll
type it up and post it some time. Funny stuff.