Sunday, 2:15 pm: All’s well here in the Saint John Valley. Comfortable breezes have been blowing through the last two days, making garden work enjoyable. Even the biting insects have found better prey. I can’t imagine I’m that tasty to them.

Our friends in Saint Agatha had a close call with a moose on US Route 1 near Fort Kent. Their car left skid marks on the pavement. Yep, that sounds like motoring in northern Maine that's not in the tour books. In fact there are many paved roads up here that have curved skid marks, and small roadside memorials dot the landscape, indicating where an unfortunate motorist didn’t live to tell of their moose encounter. My wife and I seem to average about one close-call per year; sometimes way too close for comfort.

Other than that, yesterday we drove into Madawaska for Chinese food, which was good. To make our meal even better, the restaurant was air-conditioned. Ahhh creature comforts.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 72° (F.)

Barometer: 29-71 & steady

Humidity: 48%

Wind: 7 mph & variable

Visibility: 3 miles

Skies: Scattered clouds

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temp: 53.9° at 5:01 am

High wind: 16 mph at 6:57 am