The temperature this morning was a comfortable 64 degrees, and it should be two or three degrees cooler up in Highlands. As I was having my coffee out on the deck, enjoying a light breeze, I thought that this was perfect "Chamber of Commerce" weather - exactly what has led people to this corner of the world for the past hundred years. Afternoon heat will inevitably build up and there is a slight chance of a thunderstorm as always this time of year, but mornings are a paradise for runners! Tourists flock here from Atlanta and from Birmingham and from other parts of the South where it is hard to stay cool even early in the mornings, and the runners are out these weekend mornings, some of them even joining our group for a mile or two as we call out to them.
I remember complaining about the heat to one of our part-time residents from Atlanta several years ago - I think it may have been in the low 80s at the time - and he said that he had run in 98-degree misery in Atlanta the previous afternoon. So I never complain about the heat anymore. And I'm looking forward to our Saturday-morning run this morning.
Even when the temperature creeps up, as it is scheduled to do later this morning, into the 70s.
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