1. The heat was incredible. Two years ago we could sit on the deck and enjoy the bay. This trip -- not at all. The beach house is big and the back part where our room was did not cool sufficiently to our frigid likes (everyone else in the house -- and yes, there were other people there which was rather a disappointment to us -- thought the house was chilly most of the time). Because of the heat we s
imply didn't get to do all the things we had planned.2. Gas prices have more than doubled since our last trip. Hubby fills the tank so I don't get the sticker shock during the year, but I had saved the receipts from the last trip so I knew how much we spent on gas from two years ago. We more than doubled that cost. The entire trip, just for gas, cost us $590.70 -- now that's hefty! Two years ago we could fill the tank for around $25 (same car size). This year we had a couple of tanks that only cost $45 -- but if we had let the tank empty we never saw a bill under $55.
But we're home safe -- and the heat here is also incredible. It's just that our little house has a huge AC and we keep it set at around 76 on the high heat days -- so we're feeling a lot more comfortable than we did in Maryland. Sometimes the purpose of a vacation is to make one glad to get home.
2 comments:
I don't think keeping the AC around 76 is extreme. I think most people keep theirs cooler than that, although I don't.
We aren't getting many days above 70 here and people are griping, but I'd much rather put on a sweatshirt than suffer from extreme heat.As you said, you can't even do much when it's that hot!! We don't have A/C, but if we did,I would set it at about that temp.Some of the stores around here(even when it's not that hot) have their A/C down at 50 degrees, I swear!
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