That Lake Marion Hotness

We reached our final lake today. It's exciting to see signs that we are nearing the ocean. Cyprus trees dominate the water banks, white ibis fly overhead, and we saw our first terns. I would like to say that the beautiful scenery and wildlife dominated my thoughts today, but honestly it was the heat. Temperatures in the mid nineties, heat index over 100, and a sea of bathwarm water heating the boat from below and reflecting sunlight up at you from all directions. To call it 'hot' would be factually accurate, but so understates the intensity of the visceral experience of the heat that it's almost insulting to those who were there to simply call it hot. Anyway, the sun is down, dinner is ready, and the state park has gassed all the local mosquitos, so life is good...