Summer Arrives at the Salem Outpost

I am pleased to report that all signs point to summer having finally arrived to the Salem, Oregon outpost after an especially long, wet winter.

Today, the temperature reached 70 degrees with 46% humidity. Now, that would be a brisk winter day in Texas, but here, it's a summer day.

What I wouldn't give for a dip in the Barton Springs swimming hole in Austin or Blue Hole in Wimberley. I guess I shouldn't torture myself with such fantasies.

Falls City has a small waterfalls and accompanying swimming hole I'd like to try out someday. Fall City scares me a little now that the police department has been fired by the locals.