Countdown to Autumn Equinox 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the most frequent questions I get asked in my life is “why do you hate summer?” (Laughing) In my world, that’s like asking me why I hate ticks, traffic, houseflies, allergies, sinus congestion, insomnia, fireworks, humidity, yard work (you see where this is going).

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AUTUMN EQUINOX 2024
Sep 22, 2024 8:43 AM (EST)


Well whaddya know, it’s summer again….

One of the most frequent questions I get asked in my life is “why do you hate summer?” (Laughing) In my world, that’s like asking me why I hate ticks, traffic, houseflies, allergies, sinus congestion, insomnia, fireworks, humidity, yard work (you see where this is going). Summer brings all of it in spades, relentlessly, and refuses to let up as it unabashedly overstays its welcome like an annoying relative until this little amazing event called the autumnal equinox.

Yes, it’s that time again. The annual countdown to the demise of this dreary, dismal stretch of miserable heat and humidity the Ohio Valley seems to love so much. Once again, I’ll be cozily tucked away in my personal igloo, sheltered from the sun’s cancerous rays and all the nuclear fallout they bring with them. ‘Got everything I need right here: A/C, food, home gym, A/C, cold water, A/C, A/C…

Lookin’ forward to Fall as always. Can’t wait to get back out on the trail in cool weather, feeling leaves crunch beneath my feet and seeing pretty Halloween décor everywhere. They say the best things in life come after a degree of suffering is had…. Or maybe they don’t. Maybe I just said it because it sounds nice. Either way, only 11 more weeks of the summer hell at publish time. We’ll get there.
 
 

Countdown to Autumn Equinox 2016

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AUTUMN EQUINOX 2016
9.22.16 – 10:21am EDT

UPDATE 9-22-16…

HAPPY AUTUMN!!!!!!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!




Here we are once again…..

Amidst one of the hottest, most miserable summers I can remember. Getting to it quite a bit later this year than usual, but here is your annual countdown to the Autumn Equinox. That glorious day when the Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun, thus beginning a parole of sorts. An escape if you will. Like Andy Dufresne tunneling his way out of Shawshank Prison. That’s us. Those of us who enjoy breathing air and standing outside longer than 90 seconds; we’re currently nestled behind that lovely Raquel poster with our tiny rock hammers…. scraping, chipping, and digging away at a proverbial cement wall. Thankfully, at post time we’re only looking at 52 days, not 20 years.





That first 65° day will probably see me tearing my own shirt off and looking to the skies above in total euphoria. It can’t get here a moment too soon.