Camping in the Heat
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25812)
Pikeville, North Carolina
July 15, 2017 6:22am CST
(Sung to the tune of Dancing in the Streets))
What a busy week it has been for me and the missus. She has been putting in 10 and 11 hour days getting ready for a system conversion at work. She even brought her laptop with us and spent most of Thursday and Friday logged in remotely.
I spent the first part of the week finalizing the edits and formatting for ONE BOY TWO ISLANDS, and finished the cover art on Wednesday. Everything has been uploaded to the printer and I am waiting for word that everything is ready for me to order a draft copy. I am hoping to have the book, in paperback and e-book forms, available on Amazon by the end of the month.
We did leave Thursday morning for our camping trip. I don't think I've camped in such hot and uncomfortable weather since Boy Scout Summer Camp when the boys were teens. Our site has no shade and even with the a/c going all day it gets hot here in the camper. The heat index here hit 104F(37C) yesterday. If this wasn't a club event, I think we might have taken a pass on being here this weekend and gone farther west into the mountains.
Still and all, we are enjoying visiting with our friends in the club and just being away from the ordinary routine for a few days.
I hope everyone had a good week, and is having a great weekend. Are you keeping cool wherever you are?
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@DWDavis (25812)
• Pikeville, North Carolina
15 Jul 17
Thursday evening we had a late thunderstorm and it brought the temps down to a comfortable level. Last night we were hoping for another storm to cool things off but no such luck.
Once the sun goes down, though, the temperature drops some and the a/c is able to do a better job of cooling things off.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jul 17
That's way too hot to be camping out!
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@rebelann (111150)
• El Paso, Texas
15 Jul 17
It is surprisingly cool here this morning at 77f at 10:40am, thats very unusual for this time of year.
I know what you mean about that camper gettin hot, I live in a mobile home so when we get into the high 90s and low triples it gets really hot inside, I don't have A/C but I keep the fans on which blow some of the hot air out the windows.
I used to hate those damn conversions, I think in the 40 years I'd worked around computers I've gone through at least 12 and it's always a hassle to relearn everything.
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@moffittjc (118425)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jul 17
I remember my days as a Boy Scout camping in the summer. It was miserable. I even spent two summers as a counselor at the Scout camp, which meant I had to endure those brutal conditions for 10 solid weeks. Some of the more senior staff members had cabins with a/c, but I never built up enough seniority to get so lucky.
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@moffittjc (118425)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Jul 17
@DWDavis I remember the heat being really bad when I was a kid, but I don't recall ever complaining about it or letting it stop me from having fun. Nowadays, I plan my daily activities based on the projected forecast, scheduling as much indoor activity as I can during the hottest parts of the day.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Jul 17
I love the heat, but that might just be a little much. Hang in there!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
17 Jul 17
@DWDavis - Sounds like Panama!
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@snowy22315 (169888)
• United States
16 Jul 17
Yeah, I wouldn't want to be camping in this weather. I was out most of the day..it was hot, but not unbearable.
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@katsmeow1213 (28717)
• United States
16 Jul 17
It hasn't been too bad here. We had some thunderstorms a few days ago that cooled things off a lot. Yesterday I needed a sweater. Today seems sunny and warm though.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
16 Jul 17
It has been really hot here too, I'm mostly staying indoors as much as possible. I hope you enjoy the rest of your camping trip. =)
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
15 Jul 17
Glad you are having a nice time camping DW.
Yes keeping cool here and out of the heat.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
15 Jul 17
At the moment, I'm almost ready to jump into the creek. Just finished pulling weeds and washing down the wall on our porch that is quite dusty. I'm inside now where it is cooler!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48908)
• United States
1 Aug 17
I prefer to camp in cooler weather
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@LeaPea2417 (36434)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Jul 17
I hope you had fun. I can not imagine camping in such heat!
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