Warm and muggy (humidity 90% ), and a gentle breeze this morning. Rode my bike the 4 miles on surface streets, then up on the Mississippi River levee upstream to the end of the paved bike path and back for a total of 28.7 miles. Passed two historic plantations, Ormand and Desterhan; 2 graineries - smells like beer!; the St.Rose oil tank farm. One of these days I'll remember to take my camera. On this part of the levee it's a bit of fun as you ride down off the levee to go under pipelines, some nifty twists and turns in the path, then back up. And in another part over the top of 5 different pipelines - itty bitty hills. I had to coast, pedal slowly under one of the graineries as they were off loading onto a ship and there was grain-dust blowing - I'm a "mouth breather" and I figured sucking down the grain-dust directly into my lungs wasn't a "good thing." So I pedalled slowly to facilitate breathing through my nose and let those internal filters do their thing. Still coughed up crud...

Then I came home and had the hair-brained idea to mow my lawn... well, it needed it. But the hot and muggies seriously set in and I gave myself heat exhaustion, despite all the water and gatorade I drank.

Now it's 6 pm and I feel almost human. But not enough energy to take my dog for a walk. Walking down the short hall from the bedroom to the kitchen is enough. Thank goodness for leftovers in the refrig.