It's summer!

Oh, my goodness, is it ever summer.

It's hot here every day now, and we get those afternoon thundershowers like in Valdosta, Georgia. And it's steamy! Even at night! So today I went out and bought a fan -- and Marty has it in the bedroom where he just went to bed a few minutes ago. I am sweltering in the study and thinking about going in there to steal it from him while he sleeps!

I got my hair cut pretty short today, so maybe that'll help me cool off some. I hope!

Things have been going well here. We're getting out and going places on the weekends, and it feels like the weeks are just flying by. Munich is a great place to be in the summertime. I ride my bike all over the place!

Marty's in training for his big hiking trip later this summer -- he is climbing the Zugspitze (the highest mountain in Germany) with the same guys he climbed the Watzmann with last year. "Training" means a lot of hikes and bike rides. So tomorrow I think we are going down to Füssen to do a hike around the lake there. Maybe we can get some nice pictures of the scaffolding on Neuschwanstein. Let's hope!