[Lanny]

Not to make lite of the hot temps this summer, especially in the south, but I
just want to add, that back in 1976, Me, my wife, and four kids were going to
celebrate the Centennial by taking the kids to Disney Land in late June, early
July for a good time.
When we started the journey home, the AC quit working on our van, and it
was like a blast furnace in the van with the windows down, we rolled up the
windows and it was a little better.
We came to a town called Blythe, CA. and found the nearest Motel, this
was the middle of the afternoon, the temp was 124 degrees and
when we asked the lady in the motel about the extreme heat, she said that
these temps there are fairly normal, now, that was almost 50 years ago.
We started the trip home again about 11 o'clock that night, and about cooked.
but by early morning, and getting a little further north, the temp was just
below a 100 degrees, and then with the windows down, and about 10 bags of
ice in the van, it felt good compared to what we had went through.
We did make it home a day and a half later and were really glad that the kids
took it pretty well.
We still refer to it as the trip to Hell and back...



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