North wind

Overnight we had the first "cold front" that has occurred since my arrival. Temperatures have dropped some during the day (highs are in the mid-80s), but the big changes are over night (lows now down around 60) and much of the humidity has retreated. Today was a real Chamber of Commerce Special. With no threat of rain for the first time in over a week. I got to walk home for lunch. Very pleasant. I am hoping that the cooler weather will slow down some of the bugs. Again, contrary to popular belief, they are not all that bad where I am at, with two exceptions: 1) the bugs that do seem to like to be around humans seem to be in a constant state of mating. I am sure that I should know what kind of bugs they are, but all I know is that they fly around in pairs attached tail to tail. So they look awkward in addition to doubling their size and their pestering factor. It seems as though they just get tired of flying around that way and are happy to rest on any none moving surface they can find. If you are in motion, they are not much of a bother, but sit down and you become a landing pad; 2) the spiders are big. I swear if they could eat humans I would have been a goner a couple of weeks ago. I have walked into a couple of spider webs and instantly looked around for the spinner to find prehistoric looking creatures. Apparently they can sense that whatever just stumbled into their web is too big to wind up, because both times they have headed in the opposite direction. Besides those two things, (and neither of them are really that big of deal), I have had much bigger problems with bugs in Central PA and in places like Yosemite.
Another observation, is that they like their beer down here. I had heard about the south's affection for all things Budweiser, and that appears to hold up, but you can also find the widest variety I have ever seen in places like the grocery store. The Winn Dixie has three different sections of the store devoted to beer. For those of you with a connection to PA, you will be happy to know that Yuengling is available on tap here. Now the people from Bloomsburg, Mountaintop, and Pottsville have no excuse for not coming to visit me.
This is my first night trying to go with the TV. it turned out easier than I thought it would be as I had three very cool phone calls. Another set of refreshing breezes from the North.