ErinInTheSky

Took a nice run this morning and it was so nice. Cool, 73 degrees, felt like an early fall day.

This thing looks pretty for the DC crew though.

Omg lol. There is a literal forcefield around me. The storm just phased out of existence, and phased back in to the east of me in Germantown. I'm still entirely dry haha. It's like a repeat of yesterday.

I swear to god if this storm phases south of me in Germantown.... right as it was approaching the southern cell started robbing it.

No kidding I’m the losing streak. Those two sets of storms last night that literally phased out of existence on approach was so sad.

I went up on a hike at Catoctin yesterday and my god it was hot. My poor dog. I brought lots of water and she still collapsed and refused to hike on for like 10 minutes.

What time was this? At 10:00 I saw essentially barely a smudge, it was oriented like the comet so I’m pretty sure I saw it but it was very hard to see.

This is one of my favorite things about living up here though. In Louisiana, the year I left, we had 110 straight days with 90 degree highs or higher. I love that the 90 degree weather is limited here. It has been rather warm lately, but I've actually found in recent days we've had a lot of nice drier days so it hasn't been as oppressive as it could otherwise be.

I want to check out Comet Neowise tonight. Is there a good place in the region I can find a dark sky and an unobstructed view of the horizon?

Got to submit my first ever LSR. Hail report in Haymarket.

This year has been so far the best thunderstorm year since I’ve moved here. I missed semi-daily thunder, it’s the one thing about Louisiana I miss most.

Another nice thunderstorm here in Germantown!

It’s been a very slow mover. Kind of just meandering. I’ve loved it, one of the better rain and lightning storms this last week.

This storm in Germantown is so lovely. Tons of lightning and wind and rain and it popped up out of nowhere. I heard the first crack of thunder before there was anything on the radar.

Oh my god. The only time I ever drank Jeger was once in high school and never again.

Maybe that's the better way of putting it. I might be basking in it because I miss it ha.

Best of luck, I'll say a prayer. I went and got tested myself because I attended one of the protests. Socially distanced as best I could and wore my N95 but Hogan has said all who went should get tested, and you can get tested on demand at just about any CVS now. In other news, I am truly now a Marylander. I have acclimated to this place so much that I am enjoying very hot weather. I used to hate this time of year because it was always this way in Louisiana but god. I've been sitting outside and basking in the sun.

I had 4 distinct thunderstorms train over me in Germantown last night. It was so awesome. The first split/fringed me, but then 3 more in a row.

Hope everyone's doing well! I got a COVID antibody test. No antibodies. Guess I didn't catch it back in March when I thought I might have. Those storms last night were wonderful.

What a wonderful memorial day weekend. Had two amazing hikes, one on the Seneca Creek trail and one on Muddy Branch. I finally have my son able to do 3 mile hikes and he's only 4 - he'll be able to outlast me before he knows it. Then on Memorial Day, we went to Black Rock Regional Park. It was soooo busy but the great thing is, the park and lake are huge and so even with so many people, we didn't even get nearly close to anyone else and got a nice spot down by the lake to picnic at.

I just want warm, sustained weather so I can really enjoy hiking season. This year I want to greatly expand the number of trails in the area I've done.

On the flip side, yesterday was the first day I’ve driven through actual rush hour traffic on the beltway. It was really light but not empty like it has been.

Found a nice, little-hiked loop trail in the Potomac-Darnestown-Poolesville area. Going to do that then order carry out from Founding Farmers!

Y'all I'm wearing shorts and a T shirt and SO excited about today. I needed a nice warm one.

Yeah Elrich’ statement makes me think the daycares in MoCo aren’t even close to reopening.