Temperature ranges
I woke up this morning at about 0430 because I was freezing. My windows were all wide open because it was stuffy in there the night before...come to find out this morning when I got in the truck (where my only thermometer is at) that it was 36 degrees! I checked the Remote weather station near my house online and found that the temperature range was 34 degrees to 79 degrees. I then checked one closer to where I am going this weekend and found that it's not quite as drastic...but again, that one is in a valley and I'm going to be on top of a ridge camping. With the lapse rate at what...-3.5 degrees for every 1000 feet you gain in elevation, I can estimate that it'll still be around 33 to 39 degrees early in the morning. Yea, that whole thing about dusting myself early in the morning with baking soda now seems like it'll be a pretty serious undertaking. Shoot, I should just dump some in the sleeping bag and roll around. Wouldn't THAT be funny? Kinda strange too...borderline psycho...but it might be good for my sleeping bag to get deodorized. I'm glad I'm going to take the stove so at least after all that, and changing into cold clothes and boots, that I can eat and drink something hot.
I'm having trouble thinking of where to buy one of those five gallon water coolers...not sure where to get them except at Home Depot and I'm NOT going there this afternoon if I can help it. They have to be available somewhere else. I'm thinking WalMart. Now, if I'd been smart I would've saved gallon milk jugs and just filled a cooler with them. I have one frozen one...man, you know how nice it is to drink really cold water on a hot day? That have been perfect. The only problem comes when you're really thirsty and the ice isn't melting fast enough...frustrating.
I was also looking at predominant wind directions this morning. It's all over the board! Depending on the time of day it goes anywhere from the South to the North. Good thing I paid attention to that while scouting, it seemed (at least in the morning) the major wind direction was from the south. Now I just have to keep track of that and the diurnals and hopefully get in the right place. That's a trick, I have one wallow that has a PERFECT little clump of subalpine fir and whatnot about 20 yards from it. Here's the trick, the wallow is to the south of the clump...a good thing if the wind is blowing from the south. However, the clump is also UPHILL of the wallow, it's slight, but uphill nonetheless...so early in the morning, the downslope breeze might have some strange interactions and swirl. I'm planning on learning quite a bit and have added a small notebook and pen to my gear. I wanted to take notes the last time I was out and ended up jotting things on my map...this will help for developing thoughts and thinking through things.
I'm having trouble thinking of where to buy one of those five gallon water coolers...not sure where to get them except at Home Depot and I'm NOT going there this afternoon if I can help it. They have to be available somewhere else. I'm thinking WalMart. Now, if I'd been smart I would've saved gallon milk jugs and just filled a cooler with them. I have one frozen one...man, you know how nice it is to drink really cold water on a hot day? That have been perfect. The only problem comes when you're really thirsty and the ice isn't melting fast enough...frustrating.
I was also looking at predominant wind directions this morning. It's all over the board! Depending on the time of day it goes anywhere from the South to the North. Good thing I paid attention to that while scouting, it seemed (at least in the morning) the major wind direction was from the south. Now I just have to keep track of that and the diurnals and hopefully get in the right place. That's a trick, I have one wallow that has a PERFECT little clump of subalpine fir and whatnot about 20 yards from it. Here's the trick, the wallow is to the south of the clump...a good thing if the wind is blowing from the south. However, the clump is also UPHILL of the wallow, it's slight, but uphill nonetheless...so early in the morning, the downslope breeze might have some strange interactions and swirl. I'm planning on learning quite a bit and have added a small notebook and pen to my gear. I wanted to take notes the last time I was out and ended up jotting things on my map...this will help for developing thoughts and thinking through things.
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