Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to check the weather, especially before travel
Speaker 1: or any sort of adventure. You want to be ready
Speaker 1: to enjoy yourself fully whatever as in the forecast. Even
Speaker 1: on ordinary days. You don't want to be distracted by
Speaker 1: being too hot, too cold, or too wet because you've
Speaker 1: forgot an umbrella. Here in my part of the world,
Speaker 1: the weather is highly variable at this time of year.
Speaker 1: Fall days can be sunny and gorgeous, with temperatures in
Speaker 1: the high sixties or even the seventies. They can also
Speaker 1: be quite frosty. Sometimes it rains, it has as in fact, snowed,
Speaker 1: So I make it a habit to check the weather
Speaker 1: every morning this time of year. But honestly, it pays
Speaker 1: to check the weather every day unless you live somewhere
Speaker 1: where it is always sunny in seventy degrees or always
Speaker 1: cold but the exact same level of cold. And I
Speaker 1: have no idea where that might be the reason to
Speaker 1: do this. Well, I've had some close calls, and probably
Speaker 1: you have to. When my family traveled to Yosemite in
Speaker 1: the late summer, a few years ago, I knew we
Speaker 1: were going to need jackets for chilly nights. Then I
Speaker 1: checked the weather and realized that the lows were actually
Speaker 1: supposed to be in the mid thirties. That is hat
Speaker 1: and glove weather, not just jackets. I traveled to Missouri
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago and figured it would be standard
Speaker 1: early fall weather. Nope, they were having a degree heat wave.
Speaker 1: Us to pack for it. Though. That said, I still
Speaker 1: brought a sweater because my experience is that if it
Speaker 1: is hot outside, all business oriented indoor spaces will be freezing. Hotels,
Speaker 1: conference centers, airports. I hate that this is true because
Speaker 1: it seems like a waste, but people do seem to
Speaker 1: like to crank up the air conditioning. If I get
Speaker 1: stuck in a cold airport for a long time with
Speaker 1: no socks and no sweater, I am going to be miserable. Now.
Speaker 1: To be sure, you can often buy sweatshirts places. My
Speaker 1: family has a fine collection of sweatshirts from various spots
Speaker 1: on the New Jersey shore where it was summer until
Speaker 1: suddenly it wasn't. Still, given that, you probably have a
Speaker 1: million sweatshirts at home. Not to mention umbrellas, It's better
Speaker 1: to save some money and know what you're facing. So
Speaker 1: check the weather in the morning. Just open the weather
Speaker 1: app on your phone and see what it says. Or
Speaker 1: if you don't like to check your phone in the morning,
Speaker 1: which I totally understand, do it the night before. Then
Speaker 1: think about where you'll be going. Bring a layer if
Speaker 1: it makes sense. A travel umbrella or a poncho can
Speaker 1: be quite tiny and quite useful. They are great to
Speaker 1: have on hand when you do need them. I know
Speaker 1: people love to complain about weather forecasts, but the truth
Speaker 1: is that they are correct more often than they are not.
Speaker 1: Avail yourself of them and you will be far happier
Speaker 1: and more comfortable wherever you wind up in the meantime.
Speaker 1: This is Laura, Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. YEA. Hey, everybody, I'd love
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