Good morning or good evening,wherever you may be. It is just passing 2:30 a.m. in "The City."

Phew, it was a warm one yesterday. The temperature rose to 90° according to the NWS. The humidity wasn't too bad, but it was high enough to make things uncomfortable none the less.

Mary went to the library and I walked with STWD while the temperature was still low enough to make Sugar's life easier. Mary had a book on hold at the library that needed to be picked up, and I had a couple that were due to be picked up in a few days, so the division of duties was a wise one.

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, we had made plans to walk to the waterfront to see the arrival of the USCG ships at 1:00 p.m. Before we left, I spent some time reading my mystery novel, I'm almost done, and Mary was hard at work on her needlepoint project.

We walked the streets of our city and watched as the annual Coast Guard Festival™ carnival was being set up. I took a couple of pictures of that activity.

With Washington closed to automobile traffic, the "Carnies" were getting ready for tonight's opening. 

The same is true of the parking lot at the intersection of Washington and Harbor Drive.
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I took this picture of Dewey Hill and its message.

Yes, we are, Coast Guard City U.S.A.

Then we continued farther along the path that follows the channel to see the ships themselves arrive, on schedule, as did the crowds. 

People always make themselves comfortable

An example of one of the four ships.

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the USCG helicopter framed by the trees. 

As is our yearly habit, once we saw the ships arrive, we traveled to our favorite watering hole for lunch. Some adult beverages, some "healthy" mushrooms, and a "healthy" bean burrito and our day was complete. 

Homeward bound, when we heard the northbound train passing through town. I didn't see it, but I heard it as the horn happy engineer alerted every motorist within miles. I did see the southbound run earlier, at 12:04 a.m., consisting of locomotives 2019 and 2057 towing one box car, and nine CHCs, with five DBTCs bringing up the rear.

In sports, the boys in blue pulled out a win, 9 - 8, over the Rockies on a bottom of the ninth inning walk off homer by Chris Bryant with one on. Another pitcher's duel? The Tigers lost to the Rays, 2 - 5. My beloved Red Sox lost to that other team from Chicago, 8 - 10. The Caps had the day off.

Today, walking with STWD, watering the gardens, and other assorted household chores. Mary will continue to work on her needlepoint, Since the weather is expected to be another warm one, I'll get out early with the intrepid weather dog and then head home to finish my reading and move on to some non-fiction. Later, we'll make our way to the grocery store. Tonight, the annual Coast Guard Festival™ Street Dance follows Tuesdays in the Park. The SOUL'D Out band will offer their unique brand of rhythm and blues, top 40, and Motown there. This eight piece band is always entertaining. 

At 8:30 p.m., GH favorite, "The Sea Cruisers", will headline the Street Dance. We'll catch their first set, and then we'll be ready to retire to the porch. 

Other than those activities, our day will be mostly the usual mundane things of life. The sun will rise into sunny skies at 6:30 a.m. and a projected high of 89°. Later, the same orb will set at 9:11 p.m. under a waxing gibbous moon. Ciao.