It's HOT

The last few days it has been stifling hot. The breeze, which usually keeps us cool, stopped for two days. It was eerily quiet and still.  Most of all it was hot and humid. Tropical storms (Fred and Grace) in the Caribbean heading toward Haiti, Cuba and the eastern coast of the US have stolen our air.

This must be summer in Bonaire.  August, September and October are purported to be hot, really hot. Yes, I know I said the weather never changes.  I was wrong.  It gets hot.

The boats in the harbor all turned north to south. They are usually turned east to west with their bows facing the shoreline as the wind blows east to west. This is a wind reversal.  It usually heralds a change in the weather. This is very unusual and is a result of the air changes due to the storms.  As you can see, our skies remain clear.

We only have air conditioning in the bedrooms of the main house.  We retreated to the guest house which is fully air conditioned. Seems we may have another project for the main house.  That is a story for another time.

Although the wind keeps us cool, it also wears things out.  The awing shade on the guest house was torn into shreds.  We ordered a new one online and got it delivered in three days!

It is currently tied down at the corners.  The last one was screwed to the beams to keep it on during high winds.  We are testing the tie-down method,  We are hopeful it will be sustainable.

The breeze is back.  We walked on the beach this morning and it was comfortably warm. We are still camped out in the guest house during the day because it is still hot.  We return to the main house at 5:00 to see KLM leave the airport and start happy hour.