{"id":3233,"date":"2017-06-20T06:14:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2017-06-20T06:14:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:14:39","slug":"and-then-spring-was-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/","title":{"rendered":"And Then Spring Was Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And just like that, it&#8217;s hot. \u00a0I feel like I got cheated out of the last few good weekends with some ill-timed stretches of work. \u00a0What can ya&#8217; do. \u00a0The last few weekends were sunny and 70, now it&#8217;s sunny and 108. \u00a0108! \u00a0Yeah it&#8217;s &#8220;dry,&#8221; but that&#8217;s an unpleasant temp all the same. \u00a0We did get one last night on the patio Friday before the stifling heat rolled in. \u00a0As luck would have it, my <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.gentlemint.com\/2016\/jul\/13\/tomahawk-steak-what-it-and-should-you-buy-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">favorite cut of steak<\/a> (lately anyway) was on sale so I fired up the grill and cooked one up. \u00a0As a side note, that&#8217;s a pretty spot-on article I linked to there. \u00a0Yeah, they&#8217;re a little overpriced, hard to manage on the grill, and obscenely huge, but they sure are fun. \u00a0I get no small amount of entertainment cooking them. \u00a0I went the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog2.thermoworks.com\/2017\/06\/ribeye-steaks-smoked-reverse-seared\/?%20utm_source=Nl-2017June10&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=BrisketBlogPost&amp;utm_campaign=June2017-Smoked-Ribeye-cs\">reverse sear<\/a>&#8221; route cooking it, which is pretty much the only way to get the huge thing cooked. \u00a0About 40 minutes on the Weber kettle, then finished it off on a cast iron griddle.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to Sunday, the heat was out in full force. \u00a0We headed over to a friends house and horned in on his father&#8217;s day celebration. \u00a0They&#8217;ve got a nice big pool in their yard, which has the added bonus of being shaded most of the day. \u00a0We planned on just floating around for a few hours to cool off, but ended bobbing around the pool the entire day. \u00a0We finished the afternoon off with some fine carne asada tacos, then scurried back to the a\/c at our house.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3233 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/steak-3\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/steak.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3234'>\n\t\t\t\tSteak with a little blue cheese on top.  Yum.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/swimming\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/swimming-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/swimming-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/swimming-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/swimming-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/swimming.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3235'>\n\t\t\t\tStill getting some use out of the pool.  It&#8217;ll be too hot pretty soon though.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/selfie-4\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/selfie.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3236'>\n\t\t\t\tSelfie with the lil&#8217; man.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/temp-check\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/temp-check-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/temp-check-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/temp-check-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/temp-check-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/temp-check.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3237'>\n\t\t\t\tGetting ready to finish the steak.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/and-then-spring-was-over\/griddle-2\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/griddle-112x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/griddle-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/griddle-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/griddle-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/griddle.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3238'>\n\t\t\t\tmmmmmm, meat.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And just like that, it&#8217;s hot. \u00a0I feel like I got cheated out of the last few good weekends with some ill-timed stretches of work. \u00a0What can ya&#8217; do. \u00a0The last few weekends were sunny and 70, now it&#8217;s sunny and 108. \u00a0108! 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