A Florida Geocaching Diversion
It was a gorgeous day here in Sarasota: 84 degrees and not at all muggy. A vast improvement over Anchorage’s high of 19 degrees. And definitely quite a bit warmer than the sub-zero temperatures along the Yukon stretch of the Iditarod.
This afternoon, Peter and I drove Alix up to the Tampa airport for her flight back to Illinois. On the drive back down to Sarasota, we stopped and did three caches along the Sunshine Bridge, the world’s longest concrete-stayed bridge. We had a great time - all the caches were relatively straight forward finds and we only had a minimum of navigational challenges - figuring out which side of the bridge the caches were located on and how to get to the correct side was the biggest problem. Tons of Floridians were out enjoying the day: board sailors, fishermen, hot rod car show, etc.
Here are a few pictures from our outing:
The Ski Boy sporting Mardi Gras beads: swag from the first cache.
Me at the last cache with the Sunshine Bridge in the far background.
A gecko skittering about on the rocks.
On the beach with a batch of wave board sailors behind me.
Victorious at the first cache..
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Do you find it’s more difficult for you to tolerate hot, muggy weather since you spend most of your time in Alaska?
My friends who have moved to warmer climates have a difficult time coming back to NYC during the winter. The cold is way more shocking to their systems than when they lived here full time.
For some reason I have an image of you fainting in 90 degree, muggy heat!
It seems like your blood thickens when you live in a northern climate like Alaska for a while, so sunny and 60 feels really pleasant and warm, but when you get into the 80’s with any kind of humidity, it is quickly hard to take. Fortunately, this time of year in Florida, it is not that muggy, so it is pretty pleasant. However, we are miserable when we head this way any time after mid April or before October (and that is not even considering the visiting with relative issues!)