Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful

Couldn't resist using that silly heading. Honestly, the weather is beautiful and I wish you were here. Kisumu's climate has been delightful for the last two months. It actually gets down into the high 60s at night, requiring a blanket. Before using the blanket, I wore thermal underwear. They helped a little, but not enough, so I switched to a t-shirt and the rambling blanket provided by the Ruprahs. It has a heavy wool core encased in layer after layer of soft muslin and cotton. When it's really cool at night, the blanket is wrapped tight. What a delicious feeling in a land where flesh melts other times of the year.

The days are sunny with cool breezes. Rains come every other afternoon, or fantastic, noisy storms come through every other night. The rains bring winds (or vice versa) that chill the house quickly. They also keep the dirt roads from being dusty. Equatorial Africa can be hot hot hot. Right now, it’s perfect.