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We were out walking along the river in Woodinville this afternoon. It was only in the low seventies, but sooooo humid. We were sweating.
I thought Washington did not have humidity. I was hoping to get away from it when we move there.
It's not like the humidity you get there. That is stifling. We took a road trip across the country in 2005, and were complaining of the heat and humidity. We stopped in Twin Falls Idaho, and when we pulled the luggage out of the back of the Odyssey, it was damp. We blamed Alex for spilling his water which he denied. We stopped at parks and rest stops to fix our meals, letting the kids run around. Every evening our luggage was wetter. When we crossed the Rockies it was like hitting a wall of water, I'd never experienced humidity like that! At rest stops, people only got out of their cars to use the bathrooms and we ate our meals in the car. Driving past houses, we no longer saw people mowing lawns or working in their yards, yet things looked well maintained. We assumed everyone must garden in the buff in the middle of the night when it was slightly cooler. When we got to Topeka there was half an inch of standing water in the back of the car; While everyone slept overnight I'd be washing all our luggage contents. DH is not mechanically inclined. To solve the problem, we bought garbage bags and rubbermaid totes to keep our stuff in. The water would always drain out over night. By Kentucky we had several inches of water. I thought it has something to do with the AC, but DH was dumbfounded, although he did stop blaming the kids, we did not carry that many drinks with us. Luckily a friend of mine in Maryland knew exactly what it was. He uncloggged the drainlines for the AC and shampooed the back of the car for us. In all the photos of that trip, my kids look like they just stepped out of the shower, they are soaked in sweat. Especially bad in St. Louis, Mammoth Caves in Kentucky (cave felt great), The BlueRidge Parkway and Jamestown. The trip was to surprise a good friend of mine on her 40th. They live in Maryland, and said it was the most humid weather they ever experienced. So humid that the pans under their AC unit in the attic were overflowing with condensation and the water was steadily trickling through the ceiling to the room below.
