# How Low Can You Go?

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Posted by LeviLovR on September 26, 2020 at 21:05:23

We have gone from very hot weather to very chilly fall weather back to warm weather. I guess this is our Indian Summer, which is what usually happens once the kids return to school.

We are in the midst of a severe drought. I am tempted to go out on the front lawn and do a rain dance. We get very brief showers on occasion, but no real rain. The last two hurricanes came close, but not close enough. Teddy literally swept right past us and headed to Nova Scotia without giving us a single drop.

Since today is a beautiful warm sunny day I decided to head for the lake and also take a fall foliage ride. The trees have turned color quite a bit already. The color is somewhat muted due to the lack of rain, but still pretty. And every once in a while you will see a tree that is spectacular.

I put on fairly new black cowboy boots - wet once, indigo 501s - wet once, black belt. brand new Wrangler denim shirt - never worn before, black leather vest - wet a few times, floral patterned light blue tie, and fairly new black hat - wet once or twice.

I knew the lake was low, but it is now drastically low. All the boats that have been moored in the cove have been taken out. The water line is now down to the middle of the dock, exposing almost all of the cement ramp. The water is only a few inches deep in spots, and just a foot or two in others. Quite chilly when I stuck my hand in, so I didn't bother to swim. Instead I decided to head over to the river in New Hampshire. I knew it would be low as well, but it was shockingly so. Before heading to the river I thought I would check out a hotel that has an outdoor pool that I know, but it was too crowded to do anything, so I went to the river. In the parking lot I put on my new black chinks, deciding it was time to christen them as well.

This section of the river has a beautiful sandy beach that goes on for quite a ways. Basically only the main channel was flowing and it was only ankle to knee deep and could be easily walked across. Trudging through all the sand in my boots was hard work and the sun beating down was hot. It almost made me wish I had a camel to ride. I finally got to the edge of the water where the wet sand was firmer and easier to walk on.

I walked a fairly long ways, then waded across looking for relatively deep holes to do something in. The water was a bit chilly, but not freezing. I found a couple of places that were deep enough for me to lay down in, so that's what I did and let the cool water flow over me soaking everything. I did this three or four times, getting everything soaked before trudging back across the Sahara to the car. My boots, the bottom of my jeans, and the bottom of my chinks were quickly covered with sand. I even had sand on the sleeves of my shirt and the butt of my Levi's where I had sat down on a fallen tree to drip off before trekking back to the car. I tried brushing off as much as I could but the dry molecules of sand clung to the wet clothing like death.

On the drive home every stream or small river was just a mere trickle. I don't remember when I have seen the water level so low. I'm getting kind of worried actually. The route home crosses this river several times as it flows from New Hampshire, across Maine and to the Atlantic ocean. It actually flows right around the corner from where I live. I stopped at Limington Rapids, about five miles from my house to rinse off some of the sand. What a difference from last year when I brought Swimmerrat there. Rocks were exposed way out into the middle of the river and people were out walking on them. The pool that I usually like to go into did have enough water when I waded into it to rinse off the sand, and I sat down in it get everything off front and back. At least there were rocks to walk across here and not just sand. Then home and into the shower.

So praying for rain. Other parts of the country have been hammered with it, sometimes getting fifteen inches or more, while we get nothing. How dry I am! How wet I'll be if all these storms quit going out to sea!

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- Re: How Low Can You Go? Weatherman and Almanac Freak 05:22:11 9/27/2020 (1)
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