Travel
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now I can deal with it. I will have nothing in the house to eat, so it will be necessary to make a quick trip to a couple of places to pick up some basics, although I could probably get by for a day or so. I think I have a few things left in my freezer, but of course, nothing fresh.
I had to stop at Border Patrol checkpoints twice today, but both waved me through. The second one asked me if I had anyone in the car with me, but that was it. I wouldn't tell anyone but if I did run across a couple of illegals I might offer them some water. This heat is ungodly and I hate to think of people trying to get anywhere on foot. It was 106 when I stopped for the day, and at 4pm it is on its way up to 109! I'm starting to get hungry but don't know if I could stand to get back into the car right now.
Note to Bruce: I would be flattered if you want to include my site among your favorites on your blog (http://brucecarolcabin.blogspot.com).. Also, thanks for the invitation to visit. I don't know when I'll get to Colorado, but would very much like to visit the state in the next year or two. I don't think I mentioned a problem with breathing at high altitudes, but one of the bloggers, Jo from Phoenix, recently had issues in the higher elevations. But then, I can't really say what is the highest altitude I've been.
I am starting to feel more optimistic and invigorated, and really don't know why. It couldn't be the heat, could it? I was thinking today that I'm glad I don't have a dog with me. I might try to find one (or might not) when I get back to Sacramento, but I would never bring him or her into this kind of heat. Of course, Sac isn't much better. By the time I get home we will have triple digits as well.
- Another Great Day!
Not great from the weather aspect though. At 7 pm it's still 99 degrees and I was gone during the coolest part of the day so I didn't get the swamp cooler turned on until late afternoon. I'm going to take a beer outside and sit...
- Getting Rid Of Aches And Pains
I mentioned in a recent post that about a week after my falls my ribs started to hurt. I wrote to the chiro I will be seeing soon and asked if there is any alternative to taking meds, and he mentioned moist heat for 10 min. at a time. ...
- Hot-hot-hot!!!
I never did like Sacramento during the summer, and the older I get the more I hate it. Triple digits for at least the next week are not healthy for me. I've been out twice today - early this morning I went to buy strawberries at the farmers'...
- Last Day Prep
I woke up not feeling so great this morning even though I got a decent night's sleep. Since I don't feel the B-12 shot has me bursting with energy I decided not to get another one, but maybe I should rethink that and get one more before...
- What Can I Say?
It's hot, almost unbearably so without a proper a/c, but tomorrow will be worse. This summer is already written for me as to what I do and where I'm going, but you can bet next year I am going to be in the mountains for every heat wave to...
Travel
Counting Down!
I have only tonight and tomorrow night on the road and will then be in the area of Huntington Beach for 3 nights. I leave on next Friday morning and just hope I don't run into a heavy commute, but I'm so close to the end of this trip now I can deal with it. I will have nothing in the house to eat, so it will be necessary to make a quick trip to a couple of places to pick up some basics, although I could probably get by for a day or so. I think I have a few things left in my freezer, but of course, nothing fresh.
I had to stop at Border Patrol checkpoints twice today, but both waved me through. The second one asked me if I had anyone in the car with me, but that was it. I wouldn't tell anyone but if I did run across a couple of illegals I might offer them some water. This heat is ungodly and I hate to think of people trying to get anywhere on foot. It was 106 when I stopped for the day, and at 4pm it is on its way up to 109! I'm starting to get hungry but don't know if I could stand to get back into the car right now.
Note to Bruce: I would be flattered if you want to include my site among your favorites on your blog (http://brucecarolcabin.blogspot.com).. Also, thanks for the invitation to visit. I don't know when I'll get to Colorado, but would very much like to visit the state in the next year or two. I don't think I mentioned a problem with breathing at high altitudes, but one of the bloggers, Jo from Phoenix, recently had issues in the higher elevations. But then, I can't really say what is the highest altitude I've been.
I am starting to feel more optimistic and invigorated, and really don't know why. It couldn't be the heat, could it? I was thinking today that I'm glad I don't have a dog with me. I might try to find one (or might not) when I get back to Sacramento, but I would never bring him or her into this kind of heat. Of course, Sac isn't much better. By the time I get home we will have triple digits as well.
- Another Great Day!
Not great from the weather aspect though. At 7 pm it's still 99 degrees and I was gone during the coolest part of the day so I didn't get the swamp cooler turned on until late afternoon. I'm going to take a beer outside and sit...
- Getting Rid Of Aches And Pains
I mentioned in a recent post that about a week after my falls my ribs started to hurt. I wrote to the chiro I will be seeing soon and asked if there is any alternative to taking meds, and he mentioned moist heat for 10 min. at a time. ...
- Hot-hot-hot!!!
I never did like Sacramento during the summer, and the older I get the more I hate it. Triple digits for at least the next week are not healthy for me. I've been out twice today - early this morning I went to buy strawberries at the farmers'...
- Last Day Prep
I woke up not feeling so great this morning even though I got a decent night's sleep. Since I don't feel the B-12 shot has me bursting with energy I decided not to get another one, but maybe I should rethink that and get one more before...
- What Can I Say?
It's hot, almost unbearably so without a proper a/c, but tomorrow will be worse. This summer is already written for me as to what I do and where I'm going, but you can bet next year I am going to be in the mountains for every heat wave to...