(The first in a very episodic series about my last Great American Road Trip.)
IT was not yet 8:00 am, but the August morning had already climbed into the 90s, dragging the humidity along with it. It would keep climbing for several more hours, and no matter what others might tell you, or even what you tell yourself, it doesn’t get easier. In fact, it is worsening. The heat, that is. Even a lifetime here doesn’t accustom one to heat that, despite one’s best efforts, sooner or later makes one lethargic. And now, with the changing of the climate happening in front of us….