There's a heat wave coming through and that can be rough for full-time RVers. But we know what to do. In this vlog, we share our tips and tricks to stay cool in the summer heat.
Hi Don & Pegi, love you guys, your travel blog and the joy! Grew up in a house in NYC and it was warm-hot from June-August. Myself, my siblings and all the kids on our block stayed outside until the lamp post light came on and then we played in front of our house, played in the sprinklers, etc. Now some of us have moved to the south where this is a different kind of heat (although it is hotter in NY and NJ than some parts of the south right now). Thank God that most homes have air conditioning. It’s not healthy or safe for kids or adults to be outdoors in this heat wave. Key word is hydration and electrolytes!
Yesss, we were superhuman and it was super fun. I was raised in Indiana but spent every break in Kentucky with my grandmother. We had the neighborhood candy store that this older couple ran out of their garage (Mr. and Mrs. Howard) and Mrs. Copeland sold the Kool-Aid cups. Those were the good ol' days. Tfs
We’re retired and live in Alabama. We camp for a few days every month…except July. Too hot! 💥🔥 DeeJay had so much fun hopping around the dog park. Going to the movies is a good way to beat the heat.
Heyy Pegi, Don and DJ, I sure do remember I grew up in Barbados playing outside was a must I love climbing tree pitching marbles and cricket, I drank water for the standpipe,and hoses my frozen pop were kool-aid or lemon aid and snow cones ,we also slept on the floor with the door open to get that breeze, those were the good old days stay safe stay cool😊
Yes! Classmates of mine Grandma had .25 cent cups with KoolAid! They were the Best! I grew up with freeze pops, water hoses. Nothing like the good ole days!🙏🏾
Hey, yeah actually my dad would make them for us kids. But he also built my brother's a little table thing little the peanuts cartoon. And they sell them for a nickel. Those were the best days of my life. I was born Providence, R. I. & grew-up same as you. That's so beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. You gave me a good feeling inside. Lol. 😂
We had the freeze cups Jacksonville Florida we call them honey drippers. We still have people sell them today out of their homes and even out of some of the little corner Mom and Pop restaurant
We grew up at Haskell lndians Nations University but it was called Haskell .We ran all over Campus tricycle bicycles wagons Scooters police car Tractor We were always outside. Had a lce Cream Man with a Horse. We had so much fun
Between global warming and the availability of a/c, I be!I've we have gotten soft, lol! My mom had a house built in 1972 without central air and we were just fine. We opened All the windows and stuck a box fan in one facing OUT to help if there was no cross breeze. That was for late evening, because we were generally outside from sun up to sundown! It was so hot at the Glampout, the power went out twice and the river's with multiple A/D's were asked to use just one, lol!
I can relate! 😂I grew up in North Carolina. Playing outdoors, drinking from water hoses, freeze pops and koolaid icy cups!😂 Lol! You couldn't pay me to drink from a water hose now. We saw Bad Boys last weekend. Agreed! Best one!
Bro I'm from Tennessee and I did the same as you. We was way tougher than todays kids. Man I picked strawberries and other fruit too help with homemade preserves. We played baseball in 109 degrees. You either stay in or out. Lol good old days
PEGI!!! That was a bit of a spoiler #BadBoys 😂 Don, I grew up in GA, and it gets hot & humid, but we were always outside. Being in the house was a punishment 🤣 But the older I get, the more I dislike the heat...lol. 85° is the highest I'm willing to deal with. I'm glad to see y'all back in these RV streets ❤❤
Yes Badboys ride or die was really really good. It was soo crowded and I mean not even a empty seat and I don't like being all crowed up right on top of people so I might go back and see it again when its not so crowded. I only get the pretzle nuggets with cheese or the cinnamon pretzle nuggets with cream cheese dip❤. I absolutely adore watching lil Dj playing in the dog park did the other dogs come in the park to play with Dj?
We have a Rockwood TT thats 35ft. It has a 15 and a 13 btu ac's. We just returned from a 5 day trip with the temps are 98 each day. Ours did ok but they ran the whole time. At night I kept the bedroom cold because I sleep hot. Our slides have toppers that I believe shades the top of the slides from the sun. You might want to check on them.
I am also from South Carolina. My grandmother was the lick up cup and ice cream lady. I think back then we were built differently. I loved the heat now..nah I'm good😂
I grew up in a small town of Bridgeton, NJ. MUGGY in July and August. NO AC, just fans. We drank from the hose too and I still would today if I needed to. We had popsicles that were 5 cents and sometimes ice cream cone from Mr. Softee.
I'm new to y'all awesome RU-vid channel. I just looked at the Jacksonville video from 3 years ago. Bruh u were shonuff cool with the shades and with white cap 🧢 That was you. I'm in central Florida between Tampa and Orlando.
Oh my goodness! If you listen to some folks we should have all been gone drinking from the waterhose. We were building immunity. LOL I wouldn't dare do it now though. Also, I'm still best friends with the gal I grew up with. We've been friends 50+ years. We grew up on the same street. Her mom was the neighborhood mom during the summer. She was the only stay at home mom. At 1pm every day in the summer she passed out popsicles from those tupperware popsicle things. It was either apple juice or ice tea!!! Sweet tea popsicles were the bombdiggity!!! Here's the thing. Sometimes her mom would run short. And if she didn't have enough for every child that showed up, NOBODY got one. So, on those days my friend would say...ssshhh don't remind everybody about popsicles. She doesn't think she has enough. So we would sneak away from the other kids and run get our popsicle and HIDE! LOL The heat now is different! Can anyone deny that?? I was an August baby. I LOVED the heat. Until I got heat exhaustion several years ago when our hit index got up to 123. Not normal. I can't take it anymore. Makes me sad. Anyway, with the air blowing full blast Tuesday of this week...our heat index was 110 with a 97 temp. It was 79 degrees in our house. There was nothing we could do. IT'S JUNE! God help us!! I'm in West TN by the way. South of y'all right now. Aww....Look at DJ living his best life! I bet he enjoys having your grandson as a playmate. Stay blessed!!
Hey Don. The youtube channel Untethered has a video out today titled "the best things in life are free" that may help you with cooling the rv during the heat of the day
Its crazy now a days kids don't play outside. I have to force my grands to go out and play. They need to be entertained. Don't know how to have an imagination and play on the fly outside
Lol we got the frozens from the Candy Lady's house. We drank from the water hose all day outside. We didn't care about the heat either. Yes these kids are weak and pampered. lol
Yessss we are in SC that's from where my family from we came in but we would be looking through the screen door talkin bout can I use the bathroom cause we drunk water from the holes lol
Yep. Early ‘50’s baby! Climbing trees to catch a breeze. Homemade frozen juice pops. Peanut butter and crackers cause it was too hot to cook. Drinking from the Waterhose. Wading in the creek. AWSOME times
I can relate to it all. We had the frozen cups too. We call them honey drippers. We called the lady that sold them the Honey dripper lady. Those were the days. Great memories. 😊
CAN TRULY RELATE TO ,AND I'M FROM MACON GEORGIA IT'S BEEN 100 to 103 ,GROWNING UP WE STAY OUT SIDE IN ALL THIS HEAT BUT NOT NOW I HAVE TO HAVE SOME REAL AIR 😊❤ ALSO A NEW SUBSCRIBE LOVING BOTH CHANNEL😊❤ I REALLY LOVE BOTH CHANNEL😊
Yes Don when I was grew up yes my sister and brother did play outside we play with the water hose to get wet yes we had candy lady sal lily Diddy cup for a dime
I’m 59 and I grew up the same way as you. We had heatwaves 100+ consecutive days. Every now and then, our parents made us go in when we had the heatwaves . I enjoy watching the Windleys . I’m also from the STL
Grow up in the 70s./80s. Outside at 10 am and than come home for a peanut butter sandwich for lunch, than n nap. Drinking from the water hose, pops, freeze pops kool aid frozen cups😂
Yes it is hard to stay inside. Especially when we grew up with no air conditioning. The library was my hangout running through the sprinklers in the neighborhood.
❤Yes we had frozen we called them flips the lady on the next street sold them. We skated a lots and rode our bicycles .And went to the pool and went to my uncle house every Sunday.I had a great childhood I thank my Mom and Uncle Jeff .Best Uncle Rest In Peace Uncle Jeff.❤❤❤😊
Yes, Don! I grew up in Virginia in the 70s and 80s but the atmosphere was so different. We didn’t have AC until the 80s. My mom kept us cool with a big industrial fan that worked both ways. Shade was our best friend. Sometimes I wish we could go back to those days. It was so simple and fun back then. I loved bad boys as well. I can’t wait to see what’s coming next with this franchise. You, Pegi and DJ try to stay cool. Have fun with the grandkids.
There was a cupsicles and popsicles on ever block in Alabama not to mention the candy lady and popcorn balls. We had a slip and slide. We would take our mom’s clear plastic off the table and soap it down, turn on that hose and have a good old time. We could not wait for her to say it was time for a replacement. We would take it off and the fun began 🎉
When I was a kid...I was born in 1966...we would get one of the "dad's" to turn on the water hydrant on the corner! We had a BLAST!!! We also had a snow cone truck that would come around, and they were a whopping 10 cents!!! Big one's, too!!! We also had a little corner store, and could go get a soda and some penny candy! Those were the days!!! We LIVED outside during the summer...in Texas! Temps were often over 100 degrees! We'd have baseball games under the street lights in the evenings. So much fun!!! EVERYONE came! Not like today, where neighbors barely know each other! We would often go to the lake for a campout with ALL the neighbors! It was hot, but we didn't care! We also drank water from a hose! Good memories! 😁
Grew up 70's 80's Fortunate to have above ground pool back yard. Neighborhood friends would come over. Local gentleman had a Mr Softie ice cream truck and would come through with treats to purchase. Stay cool
I enjoy seeing DJ! Sept. 19th will be 2 years my Sprouty Boy went to Heaven. 😢 I miss him so much! Can't walk too well anymore and can't get another little dog if I can't walk and take care of it.
Grew up in Texas, and the candy lady around the corner sold regular candy, pickles, popcorn balls, and popsicles made in the cups. 😂😅😂 We drank from the water hose and stayed our all day. The holes in the ozone layer are real. It wasn't this hot when I was a kid. We did have central air, though, and we couldn't go in and out of our parents' house. You come in you staying in 😅
I grew up in Columbia, SC AND actually drank water out of a hose 😳 Yep I am 65 yo and still kicking 😆🤣 Carter is so adorable! Look at him throwing rocks in the water!!! Me… If I throw a dog toy, you can bet that it will go backwards 😂 I just do not get the release thing. Never have 😅😅😅
