Well, we haven’t had much rain here in weeks, but wouldn’t you know it – at about 7:30 this morning it started to rain.  I pushed my departure time back to 10 a.m. in hopes of getting some top-down driving in before the day got really hot.

Shortly after 10 – yes I was running a bit late, I did a final check of my house, in particular the aquarium, before leaving.  Arrgh – I had cleaned and changed the filters yesterday in preparation for the trip and now there was a minisucule leak, but a leak nonetheless, in the return line.  So I had to tear that back apart and put it back together again and check for leaks anew.

11:30 a.m.  Only 2.5 hours late, but I’m on vacation so who cares!!!