mall walking a high risk activity

We are the beginning of a heat wave. It's in the high 80s at 7 am. It's crazy. I don't want to leave my fan. I dream of not only buying an air conditioner but leaving it run 24/7.  But that's for people with jobs and regular pay checks. 

My go-to in the summer are the movies, museums, and if all else fails, the mall. Because of the pandemic movies aren't open. Some museums aren't either. That left the mall. So that leave me with two choices. Walk outside in the heat and risk heat stroke or go to the mall and risk C19. A crap shoot if you ask me.

I walked outside yesterday, mid-afternoon on the Hellertown Rail Trail. Sure it was shady, but it was also hot. And crowed. And I was the only one with a mask on. I had to leave it on the entire walk. Yes, I was a fool. I only walked a mile and felt like I walked three.

I didn't want to repeat that mistake today. I chose the mall because it was air conditioned. I could be cool while I walked. Or so I thought. However, it doesn't open till 11.To me the days half over at 11. Pat and I did her walk at 6:15. So I left at 10:15 and stopped at the fabric store to buy elastic to fix masks. They keep it at the cutting table its that hot of a commodity.

The mall was open but half the stores were closed. And half of those were gone. I thought I was at Palmer Park there for a minute. The small stores that were open had lines of people waiting to get in. The department stores did not.

I did a loop of the first and second floor including the department stores and then came home. It was not cool in the mall. It was more comfortable than my house but by the time I finished I worked up a sweat. And JCPenny was hot. To be honest, I didn't do a full lop of their first floor.

Miles/Steps:    2 miles (includes Pat walk)

Weather:         92 feels like 99, 44% humidity, sunny.

PPE Found:      None. 

SLF:                 None!