Some friends of ours told us about this huge hot air balloon launch that was going to take place on Saturday (yesterday). It all sounded pretty cool so we loaded up the kids and made the two hour trek to Baton Rouge. Although it all did sound good in theory, there was one big negative: the weather!
It was April 1st when we left Ohio to move to Louisiana. We were still in coats and long sleeves. Not thinking to clearly, I only packed long sleves and pants for everyone. Everything else was packed up by the movers and in storage until we closed on our house. Bad idea. When we arrived in Louisiana, I had to go out and buy summer clothes for everyone. Whenever anyone asked how I liked it here, my response usually had something to do with how hot it was compared to anywhere else I had ever lived. And every person's response was, "well, if you think this is hot, just wait till August!" I didn't know what that really meant, until I experienced my first August in southern Louisiana. It is just miserable. No winds blowing up out of the Gulf, not even regular rainstorms to cool the temperatures a bit. No, it really is miserably hot come August.
Well, ladies and gentlemen...it is August! When we decided to go to Baton Rouge for the balloon launch, Tom checked the weather and saw that it was going to be HOT!!! When we got there (at 6:30 pm) it was 104 degrees with a heat index of 115 degrees. HOT HOT HOT!!! You can bet we didn't stay till the fireworks!
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