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It looks as good as it was.

Good trip to the Sierra Nevada. About 8500’.

Did some birding and still can’t identify one. Nice picnic lunch.

We paddled a good bit, hiked a good bit more.

Then the afternoon thunder storms set in. Lightning and thunder all over the place. Very cool. Mostly over the ridge and away from us till we were loading up the kayaks. Then the rain set in. Icy little needles of pain when they strike.

At least we didn’t get the half inch hail stones which are common.

Hope everyone else had a good day.

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Very beautiful picture!😀👍🌈

Glad you enjoyed your lunch out today even with the weather issues.

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It was exciting.

Hope you had a good day.

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Thank you! It’s been a good and fun day today at home. Did some reading and spent time on the groups for HU.😀👍🌈

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Dear daveh121,

Sitting here at, very nearly, 3am and Boiling Hot.... your 'Freezy' Hail Stones sound Beautiful! I've copied your lovely picture, I will probably re-size it to A4. (for my use only)

I had a friend, for a number of years- not now unfortunately- who was a superb Birder. She could identify, seemingly Any Bird, from just a 'glimpse' of the feathers. She wasn't, quite so good, with the Sounds/ Calls birds make.... but, just give her a 'stray' feather and, it was like opening an encyclopaedia.

A little joke, for you daveh121..... Two Red Indians are out boating, when suddenly, the weather changes. The temperature, starts dropping dramatically, so one of them lights a fire- and inevitably they sink..... Moral of this story 'You Can't Have Your Kayak And Heat It'!

Enjoy, the rest of your Break.

AndrewT

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Three am and boiling hot isn’t what can be called fun.

Funny about birders. They get good at identifying what is in their area at a glance. Truly amazing.

Good story! Thanks.

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It looks so calm and relaxing. It looks a beautiful place. We are also expecting thunder and lightening the next few days. The weather has been uncomfortably hot here the past few days.😊🌈

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I do like a good storm now and then. Makes things exciting.

What a fabulous outing. And you didn't even get pelted by hailstones. Good result! That looks so cool and relaxing!👍😊

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It certainly was fun. We are still trying to figure out the bird we couldn’t identify. Not having much success at the moment but it will come to us.

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Those half inch hailstones can hurt so I am happy we missed them.

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That is gorgeous dave, glad you had a nice day but shame about the weather. At least it stay off most of the time. x

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It was entertaining. Being on a lake with lightning is not good. So I am happy we made it out before that started.

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Absolutely. x

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Beautiful image Dave

So pleased that you have had a great time, so good for your physical and mental being.

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It’s good for everyone!

That sounds like a very good day and what a lovely photo.

I can't imagine feeling cool at present, it's surprising how cool it is when you're up at a height.

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We are due for a warm up here which is when our fire season will start also.

It will now be over 100f in many areas for multiple days.

Do many people have air conditioning in the UK? I never thought of it as being hot there till lately.

We don’t have any being near the coast where it is not supposed to be hot. However, we do get up to 100 now and then these days.

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Typical, I really hope you don't get too many fires or what would be better none at all.

Oh my goodness, that's some heat.

That's the problem with the UK, we have air con in shops, offices etc but not our own homes, that's why we struggle. I understand how hard you're going to fine the heat with no air con.

Stay safe and I really hope you don't suffer too much with the heat.

Alicia

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The nice thing where we are is that it cools down at night so we get a break. After a few days the fog comes in. Others aren’t so lucky.

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You are fortunate there, with us it can stay hot and muggy all night and that's what it's been like for 3 nights so far this week, we've had to put our noisy fan in the room to keep us cool

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Today and tomorrow are worrisome. It’s hot (109f), and supposed to stay that way for the next week.

We are due for dry lightning. It is already impacting Southern California with lots of fires started.

So we have the water pump and fire hoses laid out for structure protection. This is for small spot fires and embers. However, if something big comes our way we will simply run away with all the animals.

Everything is packed and ready to go with a full tank of gas.

Some of the photos of recent fires show fire tornadoes. Scary things.

Stay cool.

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Thanks. It was pretty darn fun.

Oh my goodness, that's so hot. I hope you cope with the intense heat.

I really hope the lightening stays away.

I really hope that it doesn't come to you needing to out our fires, what a worry for you.

Good job you're ready to leave but I hope it doesn't come to that.

That sounds very scary.

Please stay safe and well, the virus is enough without having the threat of fires on top.

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Thank you for the thoughts.

We got pounded pretty good last night and morning. High winds (70mph) and lots of lightning, along with fires starting all over. More of the same for tonight.

The fire crews have been busy and are doing a good job as their resources get thinner.

Still hot but Wallow’s latest sketch made me feel cool again.

Hope you are well.

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I'm so glad you survived last night and the morning as those are strong winds, particularly when there are fires around.

They risk their lives to save others and are pretty awesome I have to say.

Stay safe Dave and hope you survive what's going to be a very hot week for you.

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Today was nuts. Heavy lightning all day, hot and humid.

And it rained: which helped put out all the fires that started so all is good.

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Ooh, not good weather at all but I'm so glad the fires were put out by the rain.

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