> GRABAAWR was very hot and humid a couple of years ago, but maybe someone from Louisiana wouldn't
> have been bothered so much.
I did GRABAAWR in 2000, but not 2001. I'm not sure which year you are referring to. We did have some
hot weather in 2000, as I recall, but I don't remember it being so hot at night that we had trouble
sleeping. Although I didn't ride GRABAAWR in 2001 (I rode Northwoods to Capitol instead), I do
remember it being quite chilly the first day. I don't remember the weather for the rest of that
week. My sister, btw, is from Wisconsin and has never lived in the south. I was aware that I might
be acclimated to the hotter weather, so I was using my sister's ability to handle the heat when I
answered the question about usual temps. I do agree; however, that it CAN be mighty hot at that time
of year. I just notice the heat much more when we stop riding than I do while we are riding.
> We visited with friends on the ride in Hartford, Wisconsin and couldn't imagine the discomfort of
> those people trying to sleep in tents outside. And it was like that for
most
> of the week.
I still believe that it is much more uncomfortable (too hot) inside in the gyms when the schools are
not air conditioned.
> About 10 years ago, on the start of a POWWOW tour on June 21, there was an overnight killing frost
> and we saw dead corn when we came back to the start 5 days later. And this was in Watertown,
> between Milwaukee and Madison, in south-central Wisconsin.
I'm also familiar with POWWOW's Fox Valley Tour. We did that ride last summer the week prior to
GRABAAWR. Here's our tour journal from that ride:
http://bentley61.tripod.com/foxvalley/index.html
(We threw this website together quickly using a canned site builder so it has some advertising... we
never got around to making the "real" webpage.)
~ Nanc 1999 Vision R-44 USS Gonzales, Louisiana