Goodness, I had to turn the seat heaters on in the car yesterday morning. It is, however, a matter of perspective. As many of you who follow the blog know, Richie Kohler was here for a series of events presenting exploration on Britannic and of course selling and autographing Mystery of the Last Olympian: Titanic’s Tragic Sister Britannic. He’s been traveling a lot – Malta, Greece, England, here, Canada, and he wanted to be able to have at least a nice Sunday afternoon at home. As you also know, I’m up early every morning and very early some mornings, so leaving here at 4:00 a.m. to take him to the airport wasn’t an issue. I had been told the temperature was supposed to drop, but didn’t check it or put on a long-sleeved shirt. Going up, we were chatting away about different things and I didn’t notice it was cooler. On the trip back though I glanced at the temperature and heavens above, it was 65. Now, I do realize 65 degrees at 4:45 a.m. on 23 Oct would be welcome in a number of other places. For us though, that’s a definite chill and the seat heater was exactly what I needed.

I warned Hubby since he had morning boat and he rummaged in the closet for a fleece to wear and I did swap to a long sleeve tee when I donned my walking clothes. The temperature was already headed back up at that point and I might could have been okay otherwise, but it was actually rather pleasant. This morning is “more normal” at 73 and I guess will be around 80 later. No doubt a number of people will be checking the location of their sweaters and jackets though as this little taste reminds us we have mostly passed from the intense summer heat.