It's Hotter than H-E-Double Toothpicks here

Last night I had dinner with Tim Carey (head of the Sheps Center at UNC) and his lovely wife Kathleen. We took a walk through the gardens in the middle of Chapel Hill, eventually strolling down the main street, past the historic and famous Varsity Theater (still showing movies - Sicko is playing there currently - since 1927), to dinner at Top O' The Hill. It was about 140 degrees out and humid, the cicadas roaring their 17 year pleasure at us and the crepe myrtle trees blushing in all shades pink. And if that weren't enough to convince me I was south of the mason dixon line, the lovely cadence of the North Carolinian voices was sure to.

Back to Portland this afternoon to continue on...