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The weather is much different in New England than it is in the Lowcountry of South Carolina or Lower Alabama. It rains here – a lot. We had some of what my grandpa used to call “gully washers” in Alabama, but it would rain hard and then be done with it. Pretty much the same scenario in Charleston. We would have four inches of standing water on some of our streets but the next day it would be dry. But when it rains up here it can go on for days. It started raining at 8:00 yesterday morning and really hasn’t stopped since. The weather man just said we have had 6.5 inches of rain with this system. Everyone keeps saying it has been unusually wet this spring but I think they are telling us that so we won’t pack up and leave. It has rained for at least two days out of seven every week we have been here.
But when the sky clears it can be breathtaking. On one clear day we went to Portland Head Light, one of Maine’s many lighthouses that dot the coast. It was a beautiful day – we even enjoyed a picnic.
On another day off we drove inland a little to Sebago Lake (if you said se-bah-go you were wrong, it is se-bay-go). We enjoyed another picnic on a very pretty day. Many people were swimming in the lake but without even sticking a toe in I can tell you it would have been much too cold for me.
This week we will mark off an item on Dan’s bucket list – a visit to Fenway Park to see the Red Sox play. The Weather Channel is giving a 40% chance for showers. Cross your fingers for us.
