We had a great 4th of July holiday. We just stayed home and ran some errands. Then about 8 o’clock some friends called and asked if they could watch the fireworks from our porch where we have a great view of the Greeley Stampede’s show. We said sure!
They had a couchsurfer from southern France staying with them who spoke, in order of language skill, French, Spanish and English. I speak those languages, in this order: English, Spanish and French (and je connais seulement un peu de français, although I would love to know it better). So I hung out with the Frenchman speaking Spanish as we watched America’s Indepence Day explosions with friends -lol. It was pretty cool.
Britton and I took off the rest of the week to make a long weekend. Our friend Damon came into town to visit and stay at our house. So, we asked if he wanted to do anything special and we all thought it would be nice to go into Boulder for lunch, a twirl around Pearl Street and a hike in nearby Settler’s Park.
At lunch with water misters since it was so hot!
Me, Britton and Damon on Pearl Street in Boulder
Street performer in Boulder
Video of a Fire Juggler
The kids loved the fountain in this heat!
A cool ridge on the trail to the mount
That I climbed! (Click to enlarge)
Britton and me
It was still really hazy out from all the fires -Looking out onto Pearl Street and Boulder down below
We even saw a deer!
And on a final high note, we drove home in a rain storm that Colorado has been desperately praying for. It was a great day!
Water misters! What a great idea for the tropics..oh wait, we have those – they are broken water lines! jaja No, really, that is an awesome idea to install on your deck when you arrive! You can probably get them from a greenhouse supply place while you are still in the states.
Katrina,
Yah we were thinking about if it would work there where there is so much more humidity. I suppose if there was a fan to circulate the air! It was really nice and refreshing.
Hi Cassie
the premise is to lower the surrounding air temp. in some cases by as much as 20 F. It’s the evaporative effect, lower temp and cool misting. They have misters that are basically a standing fan with a circular copper tubbing wraped around the front of the fan blade guard with tiny nozzles. You might have seen something like that at some open air events. quite expensive but i have seen some kits for the DIYer. and also long plastic tubing kits to wrap around your outdoor space. does help in hi temp and humidity situations if you don’t mind getting slightly damp.