NO BLOG……

SORRY, NO BLOG TODAY, IT’S JUST TOO HOT !!!

HEAT EXHAUSTION

MARY HAS ALWAYS HANDLED THE HEAT BETTER THAN REX. UNTIL OUR FIRST SUMMER ON THE LOWER MOHAVE DESERT 4 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE CAMPED UP BY OATMAN ON THE HOME CONSTRUCTION SIGHT.  IT WAS MARY’S GOAL TO HIKE THE TWO MILES UPHILL TO OATMAN FROM WHERE OUR TRAILER WAS PARKED.

SHE DID LOT’S OF CONDITIONING AND HIKES TO GET READY. ON THE DAY OF HER HIKE TO TOWN, IT WAS MY JOB TO GIVE HER A HEAD START AND MEET HER IN TOWN WITH THE CAR AT JUDY’S BAR.  INSTEAD OF WAITING THE FULL TIME IT WOULD TAKE HER TO HIKE TO TOWN, I DECIDED TO LEAVE EARLY OUT OF CONCERN FOR MARY? OR WAS IT TO ENJOY A COLD ONE AT JUDY’S BAR?

I FOUND MARY DOUBLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD A HALF MILE SHORT OF OATMAN SUFFERING FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION.  SHE WAS ABOUT TO SHIT HER PANTS AND PASS OUT.

WE RUSHED INTO OATMAN AND FOUND HER A BATHROOM AND BEGAN TO REHYDRATE HER. ONCE YOU’VE EXPERIENCED HEAT EXHAUSTION, YOU’RE MORE EASILY AFFECTED BY THE SUMMER HEAT.  A CONDITION MARY HATES TO THIS DAY AS IT KEEPS HER FROM WALKING DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS.

REX’S PROBLEMS

REX’S PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAT AREN’T REALLY MEDICAL. I JUST PERFER TO DRINK INSTEAD OF SWEAT!!! I HATE THE HEAT !!! I ALWAYS HAVE, AND ALWAYS WILL.

LIFE IN A CAMPER

LIVING IN A CAMPER ON THE DESERT IN THE SUMMER IS JUST PLAIN STUPID!!  IT’S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND EVEN DANGEROUS.  THREE YEARS AGO A MAN FROM IOWA ACTUALLY DIED SITTING IN HIS CAMPER HERE AT THIS RV PARK, AND AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT FULL TIME PARK RESIDENTS DIED DURING THE SUMMER, FROM OLD AGE, NOT IN THE WINTER MONTHS.

IF YOU WERE TO ASK ME MY ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT, I’D RECOMMEND YOU WALK AWAY FROM YOUR CAMPER AND RENT A FURNISHED APARTMENT OR ROOM FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS.  WILL I LISTEN TO MY OWN ADVICE?

NOPE, INSTEAD I MAINTAIN TWO AIR CONDITIONERS AND COUNT ON ONLY SPENDING TWO MORE SUMMERS ON THE DESERT. AIR CONDITIONING A CAMPER IS LIKE TRYING TO AIR CONDITION A TIN CAN LAYING THE SUN.

CANARY IN A BIRD CAGE

LIKE THE MINERS OF THE OLD DAYS THAT USED TO KEEP A CANARY IN A CAGE UNDERGROUND WITH THEM, I HAVE SUSIE THE BLACK CAT.  IF SHE UPS AND DIES OF THE EXTREME HEAT, I’LL CHANGE MY MIND AND GET OUT QUICK. BUT SUSIE THE CAT HAS TAUGHT US A LOT.  LAY AROUND ALL DAY AND DO YOUR STUFF AT NIGHT.  RELAX, DO NOTHING, AND GET OUT AN EXTRA ICE PACK IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO AS SUSIE INSTRUCTS THERE MAYBE A FEW BLOGS MISSING AS WE BATTLE THE HEAT AND DO NOTHING.