[Scott from the Left Coast]

Yes, there's very little dusk here. It just goes pretty fast from daylight to night. And the same thing in reverse in the mornings. It's dark, and I go to the bathroom to shave in the morning, and I come back out and it's full daylight.

Weather's pretty nice here though. Humid but low to mid 80's -- very summer like.

We did a scenario about a terror attack on our city and county with Tuleremia today. A release of the bacteria at the Puyallup Fair is our guess of the cause. Pretty interesting. It's nice to walk around here -- this part of Alabama is hilly and completely forested -- very much like a National Forest. Not many towns at all. Nice countryside -- bit jungly. I'm enjoying the trip so far...even though it is work.

[msdrby]

Yeah, up until last week, we still had 6:30 sun up. Yesterday, I rolled over at 7 and was shocked that the sun was just starting to peek through the window. For a moment I thought it was really cloudy, and then came to my senses... rain in this part of Texas at this time of year? not unless there is a hurricane in Houston!