Tired of the heat!!!!

[Bikingmomof3]

I am finding it is not the heat that bothers me (which is odd, since I am originally from a cold climate), rather it is the humidity. It is so difficult to breathe. I have never lived anywhere with humidity like this. As soon as I walk out the door it is like hitting a wall of hot, moist air. Worse of all, my head sweats so badly each strand of hair pours water down my face and into my ears-yuck, I know. Any suggestions?

[Nanci]

I _love_ that wall of humidity when I leave the house. THere must be something wrong with me.

Got two inches of rain last night- nice!

[Bikingmomof3]

I _love_ that wall of humidity when I leave the house. THere must be something wrong with me.

Got two inches of rain last night- nice!

I have never met anyone who enjoys the wall of humidity. Now I can say I have. Why do you like it? How do you cope in it? It has not stopped me from riding. Sadly if I waited until it was not humid, I would never get on a bike. Oh, have I mentioned I have hated where I live for the past 4 years? I am very slowly coming to terms with the opressive humidity. How I miss the dry heat of Wyoming.

[emily_in_nc]

I was born and bred in the southeast, and the humidity bothers me more and more every year, most likely because I am an athlete now so am actually out in it (plus I garden). Hubby and I took a fantastic trip to the southwest US (my first time there) this past May, and I fell in love with the dry heat. Did that ever feel good! We did tons of hiking in six different national parks and a couple of state parks, and I rarely even noticed any sweat. Here, I drip from my face, nose, hair is completely soaked after jogging, hiking, or riding. Ick, ick, ick!

But we are all different: when I was waxing poetic about the dry heat of the southwest to a co-worker after my trip, he said that he didn't care for it all that much. He said whenever he'd been there (he goes to Vegas fairly often on business), he always knew he was home when he got off the plane at RDU (central NC) and felt that humid NC air. He loves it!

I will say, we have low humidity often in the spring, fall, and winter, and I love those days, but the summer, which is long enough as it is, is pretty much uniformly soggy. Like a tropical rainforest. Really hard to get motivated to do anything outdoors this time of year!

Emily

[Dogmama]

Hubby and I took a fantastic trip to the southwest US (my first time there) this past May, and I fell in love with the dry heat. Did that ever feel good! We did tons of hiking in six different national parks and a couple of state parks, and I rarely even noticed any sweat. Here, I drip from my face, nose, hair is completely soaked after jogging, hiking, or riding. Ick, ick, ick!
Emily

May is nice. C'mon out in July/August. There is no heat index - it IS 115 degrees! The sun is relentless. Turn on your oven to 400 degrees and stick your head in it. That's Tucson. The pavement will give you second degree burns, so don't fall over.

I've been here 45 years. It never gets easier.

[eclectic]

years ago went to visit my sister in NC, RDU area, I didn't know how anyone can move down there. I felt like I was breathing in water!

She said that she does minimal outdoor things in the summer, that is when she stays in and quilts etc. all the stuff she used to do during the winter up here

Often times I think I would rather take 3 months of hot and stay in than 5 months of cold ! You all get at least 9 months of great riding, we're lucky to get 7 (I don't like to ride in the dark on snowy, icy, streets when it is below 0 although there are some brave souls around here that do it !

Hang in there, soon enough it will be snowing up here and everyone now in the heat will be saying what a glorius day it is down there

[Dogmama]

Anybody else feel like a wuss watching the TdF riders in 100 degree weather?

It was 90 degrees this morning - before the sun came up. Ugh.