Hot Times on the Palouse!

Rapeseed in bloom, late June
Photo taken on a morning ride

The Palouse and the entire West Coast are experiencing a heat wave of nearly unprecedented proportions.  Daytime temperatures are nearly 30 degrees above normal.  A look at the 10 day forecast is mind boiling.  Records will fall, for sure.  We will be frying eggs on sidewalks, I expect.

Spokane 10 Day Forecast

What does one do when the heat climbs to such extremes?  

For one, road cycling gets done in the morning before the temperatures rise.  Even yesterday by 07:30 when I went for the daily workout, the temperature was already above 70F.  Two hours later when I returned, the thermometer read 85F.    Today, I am heading out on the road even earlier. 

For another, I retreat indoors to the coolness provided by A/C. What better way to pass the time than having a game?  This is how I am spending a portion of my day.  Later this morning, I host a F2F game in the even cooler, basement game room.

On deck is a recreation of the ECW Battle of Montgomery, 1644.  There is more than one interpretation of how the forces were deployed for this battle.  I chose to interpret the deployments as shown in the diagram below:

Initial Dispositions

A battle report will likely show up in (over)due time.  Until then, stay cool!