The Ski Lite / XCD thread

[Raventele]

112 this afternoon @ 230..checked with heat gun 10 minutes later and it hit 120!
Should be the hottest day of summer ..

[Raventele]

Hey Bruce, ain't it nice to have Tobo/Zobo (wtvr) come back in so many deceptive forms ? That guy is just BRILLIANT! IQ of a peanut..

[Teleman]

Who? Not paying much attention....Temps in the 70's here is wonderful! TM

[Raventele]

[Teleman]

E gads....that would be death city......Ron...Vermont....Northeast kingdom....don't think we have hit 90o yet....been in the 70's this week....Sooo good....heading for NH for a couple of days..heh...cool off! hit some boulder streams....hike up in Franconia notch....Slow waaay down....Try to get rid of some small medical issues...Smell the roses....TM

[Raventele]

Take care of the health, Bruce..time to ski soon!!!
The deck really heats up the area out there , when it's only 100, give or take, that space is 120!
Garden is loving it but would prefer 85 -90!

[Raventele]

[Raventele]

[Teleman]

Awesome corn....Learned to roast corn from a fellow called Ken Smith from Kansas....Would go out into his corn patch....pick the corn....bring it to the charcoal fire....roast it in the husk....golden brown butter and die silly happy....Teleking and his wife have an excellent patch....wonder if he is in Maine....heh...might uh...er...see if they are all right!!!!! So Ron does the heat of Texas slide up the east side of the Rockies into north Idaho?....You hope for 85-90o...Gawd that's hot!!!!!52o right now and life is good...and despite some issues will get some corn and have a roast with my wife!!!! TM

[Raventele]

No no Tman..the heat migrates upwards from the Desert Southwest..generally speaking..
Huge high pressure systems draw that heat northwards especially in July and August and we become nothing but sunny and very warm-to-damn hot!
The rocky draws along the various rivers in this region can record some of the hottest temps in the lower 48 as the hot air is further heated by compression with virtually no cooling winds! 110 -- 115 is not that uncommon in the canyons of the Snake, Clearwater, Salmon rivers , for examples..Of course the Columbia has its hot spots too..
The whole area is simple dessicated and a virtual tinder box ATM, and though we are breaking very few daily records for heat ( would have to go over 104 or so today to break a record here for example) the persistent 90 --100+ bone-dry days are really making for some fire issues !
The upper N fork of the Cda and the upper St. Joe offer some great relief..Camp, fish, swim, but be ready to move at a moment's notice for fire!
From Kathy last week..
She's at Mt Hood now with some Schweitzer freinds..We follow in 2 weeks!