Madhatter
Well-Known Member
Chris you need a pop up awning to carry in your truck .
You took the words right out of my mouth!! I was just thinking about getting an Easy Up this last camping trip. I used to have an REI one but boy was it a pain to deploy!Chris you need a pop up awning to carry in your truck .
Even when I was young I didn't like hot weather. I would ride and ride hard all year long in the dirt and it really didn't bother me. Now that I have (ahem) some age on me and not in very good shape I really suffer on my dirt bike in the heat. Now with that being said here in Kentucky I generally ride in heavy wooded hills. When I can get into a flow and ride trails especially in the bottoms where the ferns and magnolias grow I feel really good even in heat. The humidity is really what bothers me. If I get into some of the really tough goat trails that require work I over heat fast! It just sucks it out of me now. So over the last couple of years I have been doing canoe trips. I have found I really enjoy that.so here is a thought for the guys who follow this thread . what do you do when it gets hot ? do you still ride dirt or do you take a break ? do you switch activities like swimming boating etc.
of course as this nation is so large and the seasons are so different in different places we all have different plans . in central Texas we can ride almost 12 months a year (some blazing hot summer days or freezing cold winter days and or the occasional monsoon is the exception ). I should be home from my trip on July 23 ,leaves 4 days before I return to work to do something else fun.....I know a set of rapids I can lay in and as the water flows over me just feel the stress leaving the body. might do that.
I got mild heatstroke once when doing some heavy backpacking. I walked onto an exposed ridge in direct sunlight when I realised I had stopped sweating (sign 1). I retraced my path back to some pines. I forced myself to drink, even though the "taste" was disagreeable (sign 2). I sat until the vibrant trippy green colours (sign 3?) went back to normal, then carried on.Even when I was young I didn't like hot weather. I would ride and ride hard all year long in the dirt and it really didn't bother me. Now that I have (ahem) some age on me and not in very good shape I really suffer on my dirt bike in the heat. Now with that being said here in Kentucky I generally ride in heavy wooded hills. When I can get into a flow and ride trails especially in the bottoms where the ferns and magnolias grow I feel really good even in heat. The humidity is really what bothers me. If I get into some of the really tough goat trails that require work I over heat fast! It just sucks it out of me now. So over the last couple of years I have been doing canoe trips. I have found I really enjoy that.
Sheer luxury!!around here in some of the "convenience stores" they have walk in Beer coolers . so at a gas stop if they have a walk in one I go in and just stand there soaking up the cold . buy a cold bottle of water to go and its on the road again .