Sunny end of summer days

Ah, the last days of summer are upon us. The temperature plummets at night, getting down to the freezing point, but climbs back high enough on a sunny day to make me sweat.

I enjoy these days very much, whether they happen just at the end of summer or in late Spring. This goes back to my days of delivering newspapers for The Montreal Gazette, when I would get up at 5:30AM six days a week. It is so enjoyable when the air is brisk at that hour, yet there is the promise (that will be fulfilled!) of a warm day ahead.

Today is one of those days, and luckily I was here in Matane to appreciate it. Usually I drive ~55 minutes through the mountains into the Matapedia Valley to school in Amqui. My carpals and I leave at 7:10AM and get back around 5PM (or later, as often is the case). Today I had work training here in Matane, which meant that I walked 15 minutes to Victor Côté school, came home for lunch, and also walked home when the day was over. Home by 4PM.

So I got to enjoy walking in the beautiful sun, and even had time to stop on the bridge in the middle of town to watch a bird (I don't know what kind, all waterfowl look the same to me!) gulping down some small fish in the current. Didn't see any salmon, but the water level is so low that they probably all grew legs and walked upriver by now. All in all hard to beat that feeling.

And I will be walking back downtown later, and might even sit on a terrace while drinking an alcoholic beverage. Gotta bask in what's left of that summer sun. Of course the days are getting shorter and it'll be quite cool on the way back from the bar, but I'll probably not be feeling any of that!