Tease

There were several minutes of sunshine today, the first in about two weeks (before the rain, which has been going on for 9 days, we had several days of fog and overcast). Those several minutes occurred in the middle of the day, but were quickly brought to an end by a little more rain, and at the very end, when a brilliant setting sun flipped us the bird.

I recall a fall in Syracuse, it may have been 1981, when we went 34 days without seeing the sun. Living a life that is almost like suicide, as Elvis C. put it.

During those few minutes of sun today, I finally resolved how to get the huge, heavy, slippery kayak up onto the truck. Lee suggested using the roller from one setup with the j-bars from another, and it actually works pretty well. Humping this thing onto the truck is NOT going to be one of my favorite activities, I can tell, but it's at least do-able, and with the j-bar rack, I can get the canoe up there, too, so our 2 by 2 concept will work. Of course, as soon as I got it all set up, it started to rain and I had to pull it back down so it didn't fill up with water.