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Miss Margot Frank said:
For those in the heat zone drink your fluids.
One of my three bp meds is a water pill,I will be skipping that for a few days.
As soon as it gets light,going to raid Kroger for Gatorade!
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I never liked gatorade, even as a kid.. I started hiking a few years ago & started drinking it but I am getting really sick of it... Been doing powerAde, but the zero calories & doing a 50/50 mix......

I add OJ, crystal light Caffeine & water & on occasion another fruit blend drink to it-no added sugar..

Looks horrible but taste great, not to sweet, not to salty & viscous.. I usually freeze the bottle & it is just about right after a few hours on a hot day..:)

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or the reg w/out caffeine..
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Gorgeous, Bill! Thanks for sharing. I love alpine flowers. They often look so delicate and fragile, but those guys have to be tougher than nails to survive in their environment. Do you take a field guide with you? Do you know their names?
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No, I have one, but didn't take it.. I actually just started noticing the tiny flowers & the beauty kinda hidden from the naked eye..

It was difficult to get those shots as the wind was blowing 10-15 miles another (normal up there) so they tend to sway & gotta be tough to live up there, a couple weeks ago they were under a foot of snow, now high winds & cold dry crushed granite & rock is their bed......
 
Bill said:
I never liked gatorade, even as a kid.. I started hiking a few years ago & started drinking it but I am getting really sick of it... Been doing powerAde, but the zero calories & doing a 50/50 mix......

I add OJ, crystal light Caffeine & water & on occasion another fruit blend drink to it-no added sugar..

Looks horrible but taste great, not to sweet, not to salty & viscous.. I usually freeze the bottle & it is just about right after a few hours on a hot day..:)

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or the reg w/out caffeine..
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I tend to like Gatorade and a few other drinks of the sort, but they give me gout. Everyone thinks that is strange, and it is, but it does and gout sucks!
 
RB 60 said:
The GF likes that flavored water, me, not so much.
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I can't stand Gatorade, Powerade, Vitaminwater, etc. The drops just add a little electrolytes and potassium if we're working out....I think I drink more water when I swim than when I bike or walk...:)
Your GF would probably like the MiO....
 
TOP said:
I can't stand Gatorade, Powerade, Vitaminwater, etc. The drops just add a little electrolytes and potassium if we're working out....I think I drink more water when I swim than when I bike or walk...:)
Your GF would probably like the MiO....
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She probably would.
Last time I went swimming, I drank a LOT of (river) water...I almost drowned!
 
TOP said:
Oh, dear...that's not good-or tasty-...Not a "planned swim" I'm guessing....
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We used to dive off a bridge that was replaced, they said all the remains of the old bridge was removed...they weren't and I hit a piece of it knocking the wind out of me. I haven't been in the water since.
 
RB 60 said:
We used to dive off a bridge that was replaced, they said all the remains of the old bridge was removed...they weren't and I hit a piece of it knocking the wind out of me. I haven't been in the water since.
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You're so lucky...that would certainly be scary...
There are definitely no diving/swimming "zones"...we used to ignore them, too...thinking back to quarries and some other spots we used to frequent with reckless abandon, we're all lucky to be alive...
 
TOP said:
You're so lucky...that would certainly be scary...
There are definitely no diving/swimming "zones"...we used to ignore them, too...thinking back to quarries and some other spots we used to frequent with reckless abandon, we're all lucky to be alive...
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Lucky for sure. I just made it to a pier, I doubt I could have swam another 15-20 yards.
 
RB 60 said:
I tend to like Gatorade and a few other drinks of the sort, but they give me gout. Everyone thinks that is strange, and it is, but it does and gout sucks!
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Oh no! I can't drink beer for that reason. When I had my first two kids, it was back in the days of "natural" childbirth so there were no epidurals given. It hurt. A lot. Gout hurts just about as bad. Here's something about gout and certain beverages:

https://www.everydayhealth.com/gout...ur-gout-risk.aspx#energy-drinks-and-gout-risk
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Awesome! How is your staghorn doing?
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Not so well. We tried putting a mobile greenhouse over him didn't help very much. But I think I have found a place to move him to that will shade him from direct sunlight except for about an hour a day. Problem is moving him. I am going to try to load him in my truck I just hope the truck will fit where I want to move him to. He weighs about 2 or 3 hundred pounds.
 
Grumpy said:
Not so well. We tried putting a mobile greenhouse over him didn't help very much. But I think I have found a place to move him to that will shade him from direct sunlight except for about an hour a day. Problem is moving him. I am going to try to load him in my truck I just hope the truck will fit where I want to move him to. He weighs about 2 or 3 hundred pounds.
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I hope you have someone to help you with that. Sorry to hear that he's not flourishing. Just in case, have you thought of taking a cutting to root inside as a houseplant, to keep him going if he doesn't make it outdoors? I hope you can figure out something. Maybe one of those canopy things you can get for a picnic?
 
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