Noon burn gold into our hair
Although the term Indian Summer may be taken as pejorative, it used to describe a weather period between late-September to mid-November. Our friends from the Old Farmer’s Almanac have the following to say regarding the Indian Summer:
- As well as being warm, the atmosphere during Indian summer is hazy or smoky, there is no wind, the barometer is standing high, and the nights are clear and chilly.
- A moving, cool, shallow polar air mass is converting into a deep, warm, stagnant anticyclone (high pressure) system, which has the effect of causing the haze and large swing in temperature between day and night.
- The time of occurrence is important: The warm days must follow a spell of cold weather or a good hard frost.
Summer’s almost gone
Photo by National Parks Service – NPS.gov
Take advantage of these beautiful conditions and leave your comforts behind. Nobody said you cant take you phone with you, but getting out is the comfort zone is the hardest. Upload some The Doors songs in your phone, get your tent and camping gear ready and head into the great outdoors. Take it from Jim since he closes his song saying “The winter’s comin’ on, summer’s almost gone“.
