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Hershey has some legit rides and the water park was pretty fun. Went a couple summers ago. Also won a HP basketball playing basketball…because that’s what I do.

Glad I biked during lunch. The late afternoon timeframe looks spicy.

This is my favorite type of summer pattern…probably by far. Not terribly hot…but Florida-like in its personality with chances of storms a few days a week. Judging by radar, we might have to accept yet another round of showers/storms. Mosquitoes appear to be around as well.

Today’s weather was primo imo, from a summer perspective. Also, 3 day weekends need to become normalized.

We needed this summer.

Nice southeast US type of downpour. Nothing too crazy, but enough for a rain delay of outdoor activities for a bit.

Some deep thunder in the distance along with a breeze. Starting to see the rain over the Catoctins now.

Another storm in Frederick was the only option.

This summer is like when we get a few good snowstorms in the winter. You feel like you got your money’s worth and are ok with the next season to start. I can’t emphasize enough how proud I am of the humidity levels and storm coverage around Frederick this summer (and that includes visiting my mom in Vegas for 2.5 weeks). On a Vegas note, there’s a legit amount of bats that fly around lights at dusk. It’s a thing, but apparently they care more about bugs than people.

This humidity is of the tropical variety.

We did decent here earlier, but this is definitely an i95 event…and I’m ok with that.

Yea I haven’t noticed any real browning of grass here. Very green summer overall, especially when compared to the tumbleweed summers we’ve had recently.

Light rain at the little Bennett trailhead (biked a different loop this time). Perfectly timed…started to rain right at the last stretch. Humidity is thick…the atmosphere no longer wants this area to be in a drought.

Really impressed with the humidity this summer. Even the NW flow patterns aren't really fending off the dews very much. Biked over at Little Bennett yesterday and it had that classic, mid-Atlantic sticky feel in the air. Trails were actually fairly dry, though...which was a little surprising given the recent rain.

...I'm gonna guess 0.75"+ here. 1" might be tough due to duration.