Ahh the dog days of summer...

So we live in Idaho where the temperature doesn't break 90° except for maybe two weeks out of the year. Infact it didn't jump above 50° until late May. Well several weeks ago we were in Las Vegas where the temp was in the 113-116° range (this is all farenheight of course) and that felt hot. We were in the pool most of the time while outside and after being in water that is almost 40° cooler you don't really notice it.

Just today we were inside a church building where I am sure it was maybe 80°, and almost no one could focus because of the heat. Some guys were sweating and falling asleep. I turn to the one next me and asked, do you really think this is hot? His reply was to the affirmative, infact he was wiping his brow. Of course I was thinking back to a couple of weeks ago and thought, all these people would die of heat exhaustion.

I am not sure of what I would prefer if given the choice of the heat of Las Vegas for a few months out of the year or the 3 months of sub-freezing temperatures of Idaho. Well, I guess I don't really have a choice, I live in Idaho...

Pete's what??

So the name of this blog is Pete's Bog, not a misspelling but rather a take on a peat bog. I have always known peat bogs as a source of energy for heat in the British Isles. Peat bogs are dead plant life that is decomposing, or decompsed and had been known to actually perserve bodies that fall into it. There are large amounts of tannic acid (it is what it sounds like) which tans what ever material that falls into it, or turns it into leather. They found remains of vikings that are perfectly perserved, hair, nails and all.

So I wanted to call this Pete's bog since it sounded like peat bog. Anyway, I have some other stuff to post, so I will gather the photo's and start sharing...