Hello July

 Here in Western Washington July you start out as a bang. I figured I had to start out as a pun.

Most years we figure that summer begins on July 5 however this year could be delayed a few days. On July 4 the weather was gloomy looking in the morning and sun did show its head in the afternoon. This is expected for the rest of the week with the temperatures in the mid-70s. I don’t mind so if there are no clouds and the sun is out but not the way it is right now. Over the last weekend we did have a little drizzle but just a lot of dark looking clouds.

Here in the northwest often we have clouds that are dark that threatened to rain and it doesn’t. So can feel depressed to us in some ways too; I believe by next week the normal summer with temperatures in the 80s will arrive. Usually will stay around into mid-September and lovely place to be; very hard to go traveling out of state because of this nice weather. Really good to have visitors during the summer; the temperatures are so good and you don’t have to worry about humidity very much either like in so much rest of the United States. We have a little bit of wind as well which helps out to especially if you want to spend time on the water.

 I have spent many years on the water here on sailboats primarily. The Puget Sound and San Juan Islands are great places to visit. If you visit Seattle and get the chance to go up in the Space Needle you can see so much of the area. Mt. Rainier to the south and east and the San Juan Islands to the north; close by you can see Lake Washington and some other small lakes. Lake Washington is an easy drive from the Space Needle as well.

So as I relax today and go for my early walk around the gorgeous and peaceful walk I imagine what July will look like this month. I am so blessed to live in such a beautiful area.