June-August is the longest dry season of the year. It hasn't rained at all for about 3 weeks, and then it was just a short shower. It's possible it might not rain again until well into August.
This makes it difficult for the crops and cattle. To compound the problems the April-May rainy season was very dry this year. We water our garden during this time, but most others can't.
A benefit of the dry season is that the number of mosquitoes drops substantially. It also makes off-road wildlife tracking much easier as the tracks will be dry and not muddy when there is a risk of becoming stuck.
A group of us will be visiting Lake Mburo this coming weekend. For Danny and I it will be our third visit. It will be the 4th of July and I'll be the only American there but I'm sure the others will help me celebrate - even one of the English who said 'it's a celebration of getting rid of the Yanks!'.
Everyone thinks Uganda must be boiling hot because it's on the equator. But due to the high elevation it isn't. The sun can sometimes feel very strong even when the temperature is only in the 70's or low 80's (20's C). Out of the sun it doesn't feel hot. The humidity is quite low here which makes a difference. It isn't very often that we feel too hot, and then it's only because we are out walking in the sun for a long period - such as going to the shops and markets.
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Send some of the dry weather here!
Wet, wet, wet.
ONE day with no rain in well over a week.
Now blowing and chucking it.
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