Where did all this stuff come from??

Three days after rolling in, we are still unloading.  Almost done, but we had to take a break... it is 84º, no wind (rare around here), and I am soaking wet.  Too cool to sweat much in the Pacific Northwest.  Too dry to sweat much in the Arizona desert.  But, this place, Goldilocks, is the Sweat Capital of the Northern Hemisphere when the wind stops blowing.  And today was the day we were taking on unloading the bed of the truck.

One of us is very organized and doesn't allow "just heaping" stuff as you unload it.  Not a problem if we had an air conditioned garage to work in... or, any kind of a garage.  No, the truck is out in the blazing sun, and you get to carry stuff around to the other side of the house to get to the storage area beneath the house.  In the sun.  With no breeze.

It is truly amazing how much stuff you can pack into the boat and the truck.  Unfortunately, all that stuff has to come out and go somewhere.

Mother Nature is promising some relief in the form of cooler weather... and howling winds.  The front is supposed to be blowing in this afternoon, building through the night.  Tomorrow may not make it to 70º.  I know you folks in the PNW are laughing at me right now, but that is January weather... in October??  ;-)  Yeah, I'm laughing at myself, too.

We have sunscreens around our deck; they roll up and down like window-shades.  With the predicted wind, those will have to get rolled up... they do a great job at cutting down the intensity of the sun.  A day or so of overcast coming with that wind, and a chance of some precip; maybe even a thunderstorm or two.

Glad the unloading is pretty much done (some "fine tuning" to go in the boat).  I need a shower and a cold drink.  And a rest.

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Well, our timing was good - we just finished rolling up the sunscreens when the first few sprinkles started... followed by a 20 minute downpour!

A good breeze from the northeast, too.  What a difference a few minutes makes.

Speaking of weather, it looks like Hurricane Sandy is going to be an impact somewhere on the East Coast.  Our thoughts are with those folks.