If I were in Seymour, I would have only
eight hours and 51 minutes of daylight this seventh day after the
winter solstice. As I count down to spring, I wait anxiously for
each additional minutes of sunlight but by the end of this month,
I'll only see a gain of three minutes.
Yesterday, I drove to join Gary in
Illinois. In driving south, I gained an additional eighteen minutes
of daylight, but with overcast weather, I haven't seen any sun and
tomorrow snow is forecast. Still a gain is a gain.
At the end of January I will be here in
Dixon again. By that time, this part of Illinois will have about ten
hours of daylight. Even better, I will keep on driving south for a
southern tour. At Pass Christian, Mississippi, the sun will shine
for ten hours and 45 minutes and with dawn and dusk, that will be
extended to almost eleven and a half hours. With a long day and the
warmer Gulf breezes, I should be able to pitch my tent and enjoy the
evenings on the beach.
These winter trips south help me keep
my sanity and hold off seasonal affective disorder...at least for a
while.
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