ANST - Bonwicke Fun Event

[j'lynn yeates]

On 25 Jul 99, at 8:16, Lael Portwood wrote:

> When I first moved out here I thought, "God's going to get me back for all
> my sins.  I hate this place so badly, I'm going to end up dying here."  My
> attitude has changed considerably.  There is beauty everywhere but only if
> you open up your eyes and look for it.  West Texas is rough but it is an
> amazingly beautiful place. 

deserts are like that ... nothing calms the soul like long rides through 
deserted western lands (and have racked up *many* miles on the bike doing that 
on my walk-abouts ... just to think and relax) .  

once you get out of this stiffling mantle of humid air, the stars and sun 
rises/sets are glorious, especially away from the light-pollution of the city 
(hint for those who have never done it, go into the western deserts well away 
from the cities during the major meteor showers.  you will see a wonder that 
you will carry with you throughout your life).  then there are thise glorious 
thunderstorms and lightening displays that fill the sky .... 

this one always can feel the transition out of and into the coastal plains ... 
and one i reach physical equilibrium feel like a much healthier human (for some 
reason the higher i climb, the better my lungs work ... go figure).  and first 
couple day back, you feel like you're "drowing" in the air ....

> ... Think about how hot it was at night during ATYC.  It's not like that
> here.  The temperature drops about thirty degrees at night.  The night's are
> beautiful.  And during the day there's just a small amount of humidity.  It
> never gets oppressively humid and hot. A

one of the reasons i usually try to seek out high desert and mountains during 
our coastal plain "hell season" of august ... the high humidity holds the 
radiant solar heat through the night making it hot and miserable (especially 
for us of the AC challanged persuasion)  ... up there, as soon as the radiant 
source goes away, so does the heat (which i never considered that much of a 
problem as long as ya got your hat & sunscreen ... g) 

and to cool off all you need to to get in the shade.  you also have the *major* 
advantage of being able to use economical "swamp coolers" (a period device, 
variantions were in use in egypt in ancient times) instead of our hellishly 
expensive compression based units ...

all things considered, with reasonable hydration protocol, it would probably be 
a lot easier to put on armour and practice / compete up there than down here 
where the heat/humidity is always the ultimate enemy 

count your blessings.

'wolf


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