Why on earth would we go to Florida over July 4th week? Simply because it will be hot as hell down there. We are considering moving there because the place seems to encourage us to get outside and be active… and maybe that’s just a psychological, but we want to check it out and make sure we can still be active down there during the summer.
I’ve been stepping up my workouts and - downstairs in the AC - I have worked myself up to 2 miles on the treadmill. So this week on walking days, I went across the road to White Clay Creek Park and did my two mile walk there. We are having a heat wave, so I can treat it a little like Florida… get my walking in during the morning.
Tuesday morning the heat wave started and I noticed on the AccuWeather app that 10:00 in the morning (white graphic) would be similar to a typical summer morning in The Villages (blue graphic). The real feel shade at 85 would be like early morning and the real feel temp of 93 would be like later in the morning. I’ll tell ya… the heat kicked my butt! The shade was tolerably pleasant, the sun was bearable, but not fun.
I repeated it on Thursday, but left a bit earlier in the morning… with the heat index in the high 80s which was a nice compromise. I plan to continue with the walking in the heat for the next week until we leave for The Villages.
Except for this weekend! The heat wave reached its zenith and although we went down to the boat, it was SOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOTTTTTTT (heat index reached 108 on Saturday). We basically were slugs in the salon watching movies on the big TV. When I captured the weather screenshot (around 5:00 PM Saturday) I had merely popped my head out of the companionway and it was so horrible we just stay below, not even venturing to the pool bar for dinner.
By sunset both Friday and Saturday, it was tolerable enough to sit out and enjoy being outside.
Sunday was predicting another (worse) day with violent T-storms, so we packed up early in the morning and headed home. I did venture out to drive to Phoenixville, PA to hear Ian Fraser at the Colonial Theater.
This is more like I would envision Florida life during the hot season. Travel to indoor activities with some exercise in the morning. It was really hot (heat index mid 100s) walking from the car to the restaurant to the theater (and I was a bit underdressed in shorts and polo shirt), but it was a fun concert and I expect I can get used to this somehow.
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