Today was... Soooooooo hot. The first couple of days here were warm, fine. The humidity was higher yesterday, fine. Today it was unbearably warm in my tent by 6:30 AM; it was a heat index of 110 by 8:30 AM; and it was *actually* up near 110 at 12:00 or 1:00. Humidity was up, and it was just burning down on us all day. Honestly, and I almost feel guilty about this, we just hid in the camper in the AC pretty much all day. We didn't go to the beach, we didn't go to the pool... It just would have been dangerous, especially for the kids.

So instead we hung out; we played board games; we played Lego; we drew; some of us hung out online. We generally had a very good day, if... A bit more cramped than otherwise so far, since there were five of us hiding in the trailer.

The camper's great. It's a... 32', I think? A 5th wheel with three slide-outs. It's nice than my first apartment, and - if you don't include my roommate's room - larger, I think you'll find. But it's just not designed for 5 people, even if two of them are small - not without the "extra space" of being outside. Two people? Sure, they could live in there comfortable. For 5, it's really very cramped.

In the evening, we went to Medieval Times. I'm of two minds on it. See, on the one hand, there was good food; there were friendly people; and, the biggest plus, the kids *adored* it. Aidan was cheering for the blue knight ("Because he's the good guy, and he's my favorite color!"), while Claire was cheering for the Green Knight. Even though he was the bad guy. Oh dear - apparently my sister's kid is evil.

On the other hand, though... Well, it was expensive. I mean, in all fairness, $50/head is really not terribly much for a good meal and a show. But... In addition to that, it was *soooo* damned commercialized. You had to walk past multiple souvenir tables to get from the main entrance to the arena; and they had people walk around twice during the meal to try and sell you glowey swords; and they take your picture and try to sell you copies; and they try to sell you your drinks in souvenir glasses...

Okay, I'll cop to it - I did buy a souvenir glass. We ended up with three, in fact (my parents got one each, too), plus two glowey swords. But in my defense, the glass is actually for the person pet-sitting my cats.

The other thing about the show, and this is a bit more of a personal thing... Okay. I used to fence, and I know a bunch of fencers. More than that, while I've never done a martial art myself, I've studied them to some extent, and I know people who've studied them a great deal, both actively (SCA, for example) and historically. The choreographed fighting was *terrible*. Or maybe I should say, the choreography had the potential to be good, but the execution was execrable. It just made me wince.

That's all right. It was fun - technical flaws aside, I enjoyed it a great deal, and so did everyone else. It was a fun way to spend the evening.

Tonight, we have a thunderstorm with high winds in the area right now, and a forecast for more of them overnight. I'm just going to stay in the camper. The kids will be thrilled, I'm sure... Me? I may even get some sleep. Wouldn't that be nice?

G'night.