Mosquitos at 10,000 feet?! I didn't realize they could live at that
elevation!! I guess you can learn something new every day.
Bob
I almost got eaten alive,
>they were so thick I couldn't breath without inhaling 3 or 4. When you are
>backpacking up at 10,000' it is impossible to keep your mouth closed, there
just
>isn't enough air. I didn't even get a pole in the water, they were eating
me
>right through the 100% deat I use.
>
>Tell you what, I'll give you back your weather if you take your mosquitos
back
>too.
>
>Keep your chin up, I'm sure next weekend will be better.
>
>Rick
>
>Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Time to vent some frustration. (Apologies in advance, but you are all
good
>> people...good listeners.)
>>
>> It has been 100 degrees in SE Pennsylvania for nearly a week. I had the
long
>> holiday weekend free, so I had planned to spend it working on the Midget.
>> WAY TOO HOT!!! After complaining about how cold it was EVERY WEEKEND of
the
>> winter, now it's too hot!
>>
>> I helped my son (Mike) tune up his new car (New? 1989 Ford Probe, new to
>> him.) on Saturday morning, because it was not in a garage, but outside in
the
>> shade of the old tree. I was completely soaked with sweat
>> (perspiration...sorry ladies!) within an hour. It was just too hot to
>> continue working, so I went back into the air conditioned living room.
>> Sunday was no better. Mike's new car was running great but he said his
air
>> conditioner wasn't cooling. Off to Pep Boys for an R134 conversion kit,
and
>> it was working fine after that, but I was soaked again. Monday was
forecast
>> to be hotter than the rest of the weekend, so I went for a drive in the
air
>> conditioned Expo, (about 250 miles), and checked out the route for my
next
>> RoadRally.
>>
>> At this rate it'll be September before I get the Midget on the road. Who
is
>> the person I talk to about this weather?
>>
>> Sorry for the rant!
>>
>> Allen Hefner
>> '77 Midget
>> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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