Dog Days?  The Dog Days of Summer?  It’s too damn hot for even the dog to enjoy these days.

We’ve had so many consecutive days of triple-digit temperatures I’ve lost count.

Even as a native Texan, this has been the most miserable summer I have experienced. 

Dry and energy-draining hot.

Baby-dog stays indoors most of the time.  I miss our evening walks around the facility together, but it’s still too hot to do that even in the later evening.

A customer comes in the office and I ask, “How are you today?”  The responses are quite often “Hot” or “Waiting for October.”

We did have a nice outing over the Fourth of July weekend, taking our rig back up to Rusk for a few days and enjoying the company of Cousin Kenny and Janna and Terry.  Dave and I also enjoyed refreshing dips in the pool at the campground!

We’re working nonstop pretty much July and August while our relief person is on vacation out of the country.  We have off this coming weekend and then will be working straight through until the first week of September.  We figured we might as well work and make the extra money…it’s too hot to do much else. 

October and November will see us back on the road a bit, taking vacation with three nice trips planned here in Texas.  Two of those are centered around bike events, one being the LiveSTRONG Challenge in Dripping Springs and the Tour de Gruene near New Braunfels.  We’ll be spending a week around Thanksgiving back in Rusk.  We really like that area – the cycling, the KOA where we camp, all the trees and the opportunity to spend time with Terry and Janna.

We’ve invited Ian and Rose over from Scotland and we are hoping they will come during that Thanksgiving time to share camping with us. 

Listening to “Me In Honey” by R.E.M.  They do have a unique sound.

Talks for dropping by.  Hope wherever you are it’s cool!