Day 1306: The hottest day

No complaints, really!  After the horrible long winter we had, this heat wave is welcome.  However, I've escaped to the basement to recover after trying a few laps.  After dark I'll try to finish another fifty to make my sixty mile goal.

Backpacking is starting up so I know that summer is waning.  Tomorrow, a teacher from Brocton is coming over to talk about being adviser for their program.  We had pretty much decided to drop Brocton because of the lack of participation.  This past year, two kids went through the classes and only one actually backpacked.  We will set a baseline of four participants. That's one cook group.  After seven years, the program should have grown beyond one hiker.  One of the factors contributing to the low numbers is the lack of a contact person inside the school.  In the first two years the physical education teacher did it, but she left and no one has volunteered since then.  If this teacher works out, she can do more promoting, advertising and encouraging eighth graders to join in.

In addition, Fredonia's principal contacted us about scheduling the parent meetings.  Very soon, he'll be sending out information to the parents with the entire schedule of middle school events and he always includes Quest dates.

Finally, I decided to download the video of the 2015 Quest so I could start editing.  Well, nothing is ever simple when it comes to the videos.  I got a new computer in April that would have more capacity to process a movie, but of course, the cable is not compatible because Apple changed the ports.  So, I spent an hour on the phone with tech help to figure out which adaptor to buy.  We might as well have driven in to the Apple store.

I have to get the movie done over the next five weeks because we will be away for much of September.  Although my skills have improved over the past few years, it's always a stretch when I start a new project.  There are probably changes in iMovie as well that will throw me off, also.

Swimming was nearly impossible today.  The pool is 93 degrees and the air is 90.  When I spoke to Evan tonight, he said it's dangerous to swim in water that warm and that 86 is the outer limit.  No wonder I've been struggling.  It's taken all day to complete 100 lengths in bits and pieces.  My last fifty will come after dark.

Steve is off at a class focusing on responding to oil spills from train accidents.  It's their nightmare scenario for the county because so many tanker cars pass through.  Hopefully, this knowledge will never be needed.

Spacecoast Gone Bulldoggin'

Mascara