Summer is over. Why is it so hot?

     It's the day after Labor Day and we are at Port Washington, L.I. having started our cruise south yesterday. A fairly cool summer has all of a sudden become very hot and humid.

     Our summer was eventful but only a couple of boating events occurred. We had a short trip to Watch Hill with Heather and her boyfriend around Memorial Day. I did a solo cruise around the Long Island forks with the Waterbury Squadron and a similar trip with Carol and Heather later in the season. Another interesting weekend was at the US Coast Guard Academy with District 1 of the USPS. We hadn't been there by boat since 1989.

     The big event was the replacement of a heart valve for Carol. The medical visits, tests, the surgery and the recovery took a big chunk of the summer. All is pretty good now. Relatively minor complications were reactions to the medications and not the heart itself. Now rebuilding stamina is the target and we're able to start our boating south and just worry about boat parts wearing out.

Fresnel Lens at the Coast Guard Academy Museum