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Subject: Re: Return to Sullivan's Cave - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 30-Aug-83 04:30:24 EDT
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tekcad!paulp    Aug 29 20:48:00 1983

Indeed to be back in Illinois.  Already the image is forming in front
of my eyes:

Summer that begins in June, not at the end of July like some parts
of Oregon I could mention.  The early morning haze has already formed,
some days were IFR with blue sky overhead.

Summer is something you can taste in Illinois.  When the temperature
climbs to 95 and the humidity to 90%, walking out of the computer room
to the outside can cause cardiac arrest.  It's unpleasant at times,
but because it's where I grew up, it can still draw me back.

The winters were always interesting in a university town like C-U.
Located midway between the centers of Champaign and Urbana, the city
streets near campus were the last to be plowed.  Some years, street
parked cars didn't move until spring.  The university had a nifty rotary
brush that fitted onto the lawn mowing tractors and was supposed to
sweep the snow off the sidewalks.  More often than not, the effect
was to partially melt the top part of the snow which re-froze as ice.
Several university streets weren't plowed as all.  The snow was packed
down into something akin to ice VI.  Grooves were worn into the icepack
as traffic picked up.

Actually, I've only explored caves five or six times in high school,
but Rob made me think of home and what a lousy summer Oregon's had
this year.  C'est la vie.

				    Paul Pomes

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