Everywhere I look I can see changes in myself. Even if things aren’t going as well as they were some months ago, change is still very evident. I won’t quote a lot of examples, but take one for instance: at the hamfest I put my name on the admission ticket and dropped it in the drum from which tickets were to be drawn for door prizes. In all the years I have been attending hamfests, that is a first. I always felt too uncomfortable being around the desk where people are congregated, writing my name with people watching, and not trusting myself to figure out where exactly to put the ticket amid all that anxiety. Yesterday it was no problem at all.
The high altitude balloon launch was again very interesting, though perhaps not as exciting as last year. There was no high velocity jet stream over Maine yesterday, so for the most part the balloon lazily meandered at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Here is a quick and dirty map and satellite view of its c
ourse. It reached an altitude of nearly 95,000 feet according to raw downlink data. I had to leave the hamfest early due to last minute changes in transporation arrangements, but I spent much of my time there watching this map “develop” in real time with updates from the ballooon at one minute intervals.
Due to unanticipated changes in transportation yesterday, I had no opportunity to acquire the home wrap needed for my project. I can finish one wall, possibly two without it. With heat, humidity, and the possibility of strong storms in the forecast I won’t strip and exterior wall surface just yet. It looks like Tuesday would be a good time to get rolling on this project.