September 3, 2015 evening

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With a dew point of 70 degrees, the best way to describe this evening is oppressive and now foggy, as temperatures drop to about 70. The cooler temperatures are helping a bit on this muggy evening. But the worst is over, the humidity will be gone by morning not to return until Labor Day.

Walked down and back from the library, a 1.2 mile walk. A bit painful and challenging by the end but I wanted to see if I could do it. I had a few beers with dinner, so I wasn’t going to drive and my bus pass was expired. I got a few books to read at Moose River Plains as I expect to be pretty crippled all weekend. I will be able to fish but I have to admit any kind of hiking really is out of the question. I want to pretend my ankle is better but that’s far from the truth. I decided to take out William Heart Moon’s classic, Blue Highway to see how it reads compared to when I was in my mid-20s which seems like so long ago.

Went to Walmart and got some supplies for camping. Originally I was just going to get gun solvent to clean out the mud I got in the barrel of my shotgun but I decided to buy a bunch more camp groceries. I am mostly set for food now and the table is in my truck. But I was too exhausted and my ankle too weak to get the rest of my camping gear ready to go. I have to admit I’m still really struggling a lot with my ankle. But I want to get away and hopefully visit the trappers expo tomorrow. We will see how sore I am in the morning. It didn’t help I slept very poorly last night, mostly due to the humidity. Oh well, good night.

September 3, 2015 update

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Good morning, once again. As we head into the 9 o’clock hour we are now up to 69. The fog is burning off as we work our way towards 87 degrees.

The FM radio feature on my new smartphone is so nice. I forgot how much I missed listing to  broadcast radio. It uses a lot less data then Internet streams and the quality is much better. I may have 30 gigs of music on my phone but the radio station has disk jockeys that often pick a better mix then random play. My 64 gigabyte card worked perfectly in the phone once I reformatted it in the phone for VFAT.

24 hours and I will be on my way out of town. Looking forward to spending a nice weekend up in the woods. My ankle is still a lot more sore and weak than I’m willing to admit but it I’m careful and don’t step in any muskrat borrows fishing, I should be good. Heading in via the Inlet entrance to Moose River Plains and will camp either on Rock Dam Road or one of the more isolated campsites in the sandy part of the Plains. Maybe campsite 56 but I got to think about it more.

But other than that it’s another day in the Cesspool then I get to go home and limp around and get packed…

September 3, 2015 morning

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Good morning. Currently 65 degrees and foggy this morning. Looking at 87 degrees with haze and humidity and thunderstorms this afternoon.

The weekend forecast looks pretty nice. Friday looks to be delightful. Hot but less humid weather and the best chance of a thunderstorm on Monday.