48 to 95 not routes, temperatures in one day
Yesterday I was in northern NY, driving through the Adirondacks (John drove), south towards Albany and the airport. We started with the car heater on, passed by left over snow patches in the High Peaks area around Keene and Lack Placid, commented on the very light green haze around the birch trees that were beginning to get new leaves; headed on southwards noticing the increasingly leafy trees, the deepening greens of undergrowth & deciduous trees until we got midway south in the state to the airport.
I boarded a plane to fly to my sister's home. First leg of the journey took me to Atlanta, where the trees and grass were as green as it gets in mid summer up north. Then to Jackson, Mississippi, then to Fort Worth, Texas, and finally, around 10 pm, landed in Corpus Christi, on the Gulf of Mexico. Exiting the airport there, I was hit in the face with heavy humidity and 85+ degree weather. OMG. Weather shock!!
Today it is sunny and in the mid to high 90s outside this house where I am huddling, hoping the dog won't demand a walk around the block before 10 tonight. I brought along what I ordinarily consider to be summery clothing, but I might as well have left them home. Must head to GoodWill this weekend for Real summery clothes.
Teddi-ther-Poo(dle) really, really wants me to take him for a walk. Last time I was here, I came in Feb. and stayed til the end of April & slowly acclimated. Then I would walk the little doggie to the end of the driveway (about two cars long) & he'd be out of pee already, having left droplets on every blade of grass (he's a very small dog) between the front door and the sidewalk, and I'd be sweating up a storm, ready to go back inside for a nap. Being dropped (not literally, it was a smooth landing) into this atmosphere of heat and humidity out of the blue (literally...well, black actually as it was nighttime), I'm not even ready to open the door lest some of the barely cooled inside a/c air rush out. Jeanne has lived here (and loves it!!!) over 10 years & 60 degrees outside necessitates heavy winter coats & leggings, she likes the indoors to be drier than outside, but not cooler.
If it weren't for the wonderful sister who lives here, I'd never come back ever ever ever May through October. Winter here is better than summer in many places.
I boarded a plane to fly to my sister's home. First leg of the journey took me to Atlanta, where the trees and grass were as green as it gets in mid summer up north. Then to Jackson, Mississippi, then to Fort Worth, Texas, and finally, around 10 pm, landed in Corpus Christi, on the Gulf of Mexico. Exiting the airport there, I was hit in the face with heavy humidity and 85+ degree weather. OMG. Weather shock!!
Today it is sunny and in the mid to high 90s outside this house where I am huddling, hoping the dog won't demand a walk around the block before 10 tonight. I brought along what I ordinarily consider to be summery clothing, but I might as well have left them home. Must head to GoodWill this weekend for Real summery clothes.
Teddi-ther-Poo(dle) really, really wants me to take him for a walk. Last time I was here, I came in Feb. and stayed til the end of April & slowly acclimated. Then I would walk the little doggie to the end of the driveway (about two cars long) & he'd be out of pee already, having left droplets on every blade of grass (he's a very small dog) between the front door and the sidewalk, and I'd be sweating up a storm, ready to go back inside for a nap. Being dropped (not literally, it was a smooth landing) into this atmosphere of heat and humidity out of the blue (literally...well, black actually as it was nighttime), I'm not even ready to open the door lest some of the barely cooled inside a/c air rush out. Jeanne has lived here (and loves it!!!) over 10 years & 60 degrees outside necessitates heavy winter coats & leggings, she likes the indoors to be drier than outside, but not cooler.
If it weren't for the wonderful sister who lives here, I'd never come back ever ever ever May through October. Winter here is better than summer in many places.