RGV in the Summer

I wanted to experience a Summer in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas this year. I usually enjoy winters here but wanted to find out how I liked 12 months of it. First off, it is hot, like thirty days of triple digit in a row hot. I expected that. I don't like it. I do like the lower traffic volume and the smaller crowds in the stores etc. The dancing is still good at three or four times a week. The wind that we get sick of in the winter gives some relief in the summer. There is a certain camaraderie among the year around folks. Many do a reverse Snowbird thing and head for the mountains of Colorado for some relief. Electric bills are outrageous, but the parks lower the rent to offset some of that.

All in all, I would rather spend summers where it is cooler, but if I have to.......... Heck, I would rather spend some of my winters somewhere else too, I seem to have made my nest down here. Did I mention that it is 102 degrees actual temperature here today?