Dreary Days in PA
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canyonwalkerMay Family Visit Travelog #8
At the inlaws' house · Mon 25 May 2026. 6:15am.
This trip to Pennsylvania and the one we did ~8 weeks ago have both been a study in weather contrasts. On the earlier trip we arrived to sub-freezing temperatures and saw a high of 80 a few days later. This trip things have gone in the opposite direction. We arrived Tuesday morning to a sunny day with highs that rose into the 90s. By Thursday it was 55 and rainy. And the last 4 days have been nothing but drear— cloudy skies and near-constant light rain.
Today's was supposed to be better. Cloudy, still, but with rain ending early this morning and temperatures warming back into the 70s. A peek outside at this early hour shows the "still cloudy" part of the promise is fulfilled 😅 but it looks like it could rain at any moment. No odds on whether it will actually get warmer.
Speaking of this early hour, I'm up early because... well, the honest reason is because I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. But that's part of a plan as I went to bed early last night ("early" in this house being 10pm) because today Hawk and I are going hiking. We'll drive a few hours north, hike a few trails today, stay over at a hotel in Wilkes-Barre, then hike a few more trails tomorrow before returning to my inlaws' house.
So, yeah, I really hope the weather does improve from "shitty" to merely "partly shitty". 🤣
At the inlaws' house · Mon 25 May 2026. 6:15am.
This trip to Pennsylvania and the one we did ~8 weeks ago have both been a study in weather contrasts. On the earlier trip we arrived to sub-freezing temperatures and saw a high of 80 a few days later. This trip things have gone in the opposite direction. We arrived Tuesday morning to a sunny day with highs that rose into the 90s. By Thursday it was 55 and rainy. And the last 4 days have been nothing but drear— cloudy skies and near-constant light rain.
Today's was supposed to be better. Cloudy, still, but with rain ending early this morning and temperatures warming back into the 70s. A peek outside at this early hour shows the "still cloudy" part of the promise is fulfilled 😅 but it looks like it could rain at any moment. No odds on whether it will actually get warmer.
Speaking of this early hour, I'm up early because... well, the honest reason is because I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. But that's part of a plan as I went to bed early last night ("early" in this house being 10pm) because today Hawk and I are going hiking. We'll drive a few hours north, hike a few trails today, stay over at a hotel in Wilkes-Barre, then hike a few more trails tomorrow before returning to my inlaws' house.
So, yeah, I really hope the weather does improve from "shitty" to merely "partly shitty". 🤣
