Getting the bones all ready for tonight’s fireworks down the street at City Park. We went last year and had a good time relatively easy getting to our location and leaving once it was over. 

Well, my iPhone screen finally popped out on the left side due to the internally battery expanding. I had fallen asleep in the car and the iPhone battery expanded due to the extreme heat. I fell asleep and it could have turned out ugly if I didn’t wake up in time. 

I had it repaired at a local phone repair shop on Magazine street that was recommended by an AT&T employee before I was about to do a phone upgrade. 

We took a early morning walk in City Park before the sun and humidity started build up.

Headed out to New Orleans a couple days ago and made into town. We various traffic hiccups but the worst of it was in Baton Rouge where there was a couple of accidents and the 4th of July weekend crowd leaving early off of work and traveling on I

Going to be heading out to New Orleans by car later on today. We’ve driven across the country so many times I’ve lost count. I’m still not certain the route to take but leaning towards cutting through I-10 and long ass Texas. 

I painted the front section of the El Camino engine bay since I replaced the fan shroud to the proper size. I need to pick up some masking tarp as I had to use what I had around the garage. 

Today is supposed to be the hottest day of the week during this heatwave. It’s been hovering around 109F while cruising the back roads. I’ve been wearing a long sleeve yellow T-shirt to help out with the airflow and blocks direct sun hit Blast.

By the time I make it to my home town (an hour later) the temperature usually would have dropped 6-7 degrees. This is a significant drop even though it is still over the 100 mark. It doesn’t have the “biting” heat and actually doesn’t feels nearly as hot as when I firt headed out.

I’ll post the ride results later when I get home and cooled off.

As it turns out it was about the same as the beginning of the week. I hit 111F degrees somewhere on Sunrise Blvd near HWY 16 Jackson Road.

Took this photo in the shade! There were sections on my way home that hit 111 degrees, now that’s freakin hot. Later on this week the predicted high temp is around the 110 degree mark. That means there will be pockets of extreme asphalt heat ranging in the 113 degrees range. It supposed to be over a week long heatwave. 

This week weather forecast is scheduled to be over 100F plus. I’ll be riding the most dependable vehicle we have. The Goldwing. 

For some reason this morning my vision has been completely blurry, it normally clears up after a few minutes. It was bad riding all the way in from home.