It has been plenty hot, here, but the bigger problem has been floods, humidity and smoke from Canada. In the valley below where we live, the creek made a new path, right through the town.
Smoke on the river - it was worse in June.
My wife and I are heading to Montana in less than a month, to spend the fall hunting upland birds there as usual. It will be hot there in early September. No doubt it will be hotter this fall than it was last fall. There is usually little to no humidity and a constant breeze, which make it a bit more bearable.
A double-dog point on prairie grouse in the heat of September 2022:
The thermometer in our camper in Montana last September - 108 outside and 104 inside. We will have blizzards before we leave for home.
So, despite the heat and humidity, we are outside cutting firewood and hiking our dead-end mile long mountain road up and down every day to try to stay in good enough shape to cover many miles of rough terrain in Montana. Yesterday, a pair of cute little barn kittens joined us for the entire hike, to my amazement. They were exhausted by the end.
Last week, we hiked the Pine Creek gorge in Tioga County, PA and climbed the mountains above the creek. There was some smoke - LOTS of heat and humidity.
The smoke makes for nice sunsets - this one over Pine Creek last week with a blue heron, buck and doe:
Greg
