Yikes!  I dove into Lake Champlain this afternoon ... temps felt humid and
hot ...
came out with a voice somewhere above tenor range ... dropped a thermometer
into the water about 12 inches down ... pulled it out 3 minutes later ...
water temp measured 63 degrees (f) ... Downright balmy!

SamC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Heading into hell (up 395) -- any last words of advice?

> Hey it's not so bad... it's 109 F right now (17:13), only got up to maybe
> 112 today... It was 117 yesterday and yes that five degrees makes a hell
> of
> a difference, pardon the pun.
> We have 4% humidity today... first time I ever saw that was a few days
> ago.
> That can't be good. Lots of ppl saying they're feeling 'kind of sick' and
> so
> on... I'm betting it's dehydration- even the old timers aren't necessarily
> used to this. If you stand still you can feel the moisture leaving your
> pores.
> Having said all that you can have your humidity. That combination of high
> temps and high humidity just sucks the soul right out of ya. At least you
> can get something done in this if you're careful without feeling like
> somebody yanked your batteries.
>
> I was thinking about Ken's post of a few days ago (last week I guess),
> about
> insulating or painting the top of a van, so I decided to check the
> internal
> temps of my white Vanagon vs. my grey Cadillac, just for grins and
> giggles-
> figured these would be good days for it. I wasn't able to do it because my
> analog thermometer tops out at 120. The probe is busted on my meat
> thermometer- guess I'll have to dig out the oven thermometer if we still
> have one.
>
> Cya,
> Robert
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Conant" <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Heading into hell (up 395) -- any last words of advice?
>
>
>> Reading this stream of notes ... I am ever so glad that I live "on the
>> West
>> Coast of New England," and have merely to complain when temps climb above
>> 90
>> and humidity climbs above 60.
>> SamC
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 7:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: Heading into hell (up 395) -- any last words of advice?
>>
>>
>>> >The worst grade on 395, though, is north of Bishop before
>>>> Tom's Place.  Watch the temps and plan to use the pull outs if you
>>>> can't
>>>> keep the temp down.
>>>
>>> That one's the problem; he'll probably hit it about 10-11 am. Looks to
>>> have
>>> been between 80/90 F at that time today with tomorrow forecast to be
>>> warmer.
>>> If it were me I'd sleep now, leave around midnight so as to hit that
>>> grade
>>> around 6/7 am (around 70 F) and nap for a while after I set up camp.
>>> Alternately, I'd get 'brunch' in Bishop and check out the touristy crap
>>> (or
>>> probably that VW shop there) while my engine cooled down and hit the
>>> thing
>>> (relatively) fresh, taking my time and taking it easy.
>>>
>>> Much more interesting than going up that grade and navigating between
>>> little
>>> cars rocketing up the thing and sloooow fifth-wheelers and RVs was
>>> coming
>>> back down again with a 70's vintage 28' travel trailer in tow. Makes you
>>> appreciate good trailer brakes. The howling cross winds didn't help
>>> either.
>>>
>>> Cya,
>>> Robert