Subject: Re: My personal sociology experiment
On Friday, December 29, 2017 at 11:51:41 AM UTC-8, BillB wrote:
> On Friday, December 29, 2017 at 11:28:52 AM UTC-8, Tim Norfolk wrote:
>
> > Have you been there in August?
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> As a matter of fact, I have. I have also camped in Death Valley in August.. It was rather warm.
>
> I'm really not a heat guy. I don't like it at all. If I was based in Vegas I don't think I would
be around for much of the summer. I'd be on the coast or in the mountains somewhere. Like I said,
it's a good strategic location for travel.
In the early 70's, when I was a deputy in that county and was occasionally relief for the Death
Valley Deputy, the valley shut down in August. That was when the deputy stationed there took his
vacation. People continued to live there, but for the most part, stayed inside or resided in the
local bar.