Current conditions, 1:10 p.m.
Ithaca, N.Y.:
81 °F / 27 °C
Clear
Jacksonville, Fla.:
69.1 °F / 20.6 °C
Light Rain Smoke
Guess where I am, visiting my son and his girlfriend?
I have no idea what Light Rain Smoke is. (Elly just told me there’s a huge forest fire somewhere down here. And come to think of it, the air has that old campsite aroma to it.) But I’ll be damned if it is going to keep me from walking on the beach this afternoon.
Update: Bad news first: … Areas of smoke continue to drift southeast from wildfires across
northeast Florida… . But the good news is this should put it out: … a tropical storm watch has been issued from the Altamaha Sound Georgia south to Flagler Beach. …
I have to say you missed a really great spring day. You know the one. The one where you can feel the spring turning over to summer. The one where the leaves on the trees are lime green and the sky is so blue it looks like a storm is coming. The one where the grass is so green your eyes hurt. Wish you were here!
Well I should laugh . . . but I won’t . . . like hell I won’t.
Enjoy the vacation