We have been bouncing back and forth at Madison urban campgrounds, taking advantage of all the great restaurants and music venues. But it's been hot! With the heat index, the combined humidity and temps into the mid 90's have made it hotter than Tucson. Additionally, in the last week, the wildfire smoke from Minnesota and Canada has completely socked us in. Basically, it's like sitting at the campfire with the smoke blowing in your face all the time.
With a front coming in yesterday, we have a respite today with better air. But the forecast is smoke tomorrow. Temperatures are supposed to return to the 80's and even the 70's later next week,which will be a relief.
Allie is in the air, as I write this, flying to Wisconsin for a week to spend some time with us before continuing to Connecticut to spend time with her boyfriend and his parents. She now shares a new apartment with the boyfriend at the Wharf in S.F. He works in banking.
Today, I'm playing in a pickleball tournament in Madison which is somewhat of a Chinese and American cultural exchange. There will be 8 doubles teams from each group. I missed the informal one held a couple of years ago. This is a more formal tournament with advanced players. I feel like I've improved since moving to Tucson, but this will be a good test. My doubles partner is recovering from a sprained ankle, so it will be a test for his ankle. I hope we both pass.
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| Music on the patio at the High Noon Saloon |
5 comments:
Mein gott! The dramatic implications! There is a book in the offing that explains the complexity of the perplexing Sino-American love-hate enablement: the chicken or the egg?
Good Luck!!!
That is a RIOT of color between you!
Well, we got our butts kicked in the loss column although the games were close.
The patio draws an eclectic crowd. Yes, very colorful.
Summer camping used to be 'the thing' 60 years ago (although we camped year round, including a 20 below trip with our newly arrived exchange student from the deserts of Chile - he wasn't impressed) but now the heat is making that less comfortable. I vote for spring and fall trips when the weather is nicer and the hordes of kids are in school!
Preaching to the choir. We aren’t so much camping as temporarily living in the city in our camper. Fall and and spring are much less crowded.
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