Hike Interrupted

a.k.a. the joys of management.  I was minutes away from leaving on a half day hike to the top of Pusch Peak when my phone rings.  The wrong weather is airing in Jackson, Michigan.  Today is July 4th, so we are running “Holiday WXs” which just means they are assigned a different number in the automation system.  Since everyone has the day off, the announcers are voice tracked and there is a holiday playlist in place and everything should be wonderfully on auto pilot!  Apparently, not so much.

Having received the call, I go in to work to redo the WXs.  I also e-mail Robert to make sure he did them to begin with.  He did.  He also resent them, even though he is no longer an employee as of yesterday!  I recorded new weathers as well and sent them.  Jackson, MI July 4th WX has been sent three times now!  If there is a problem, it’s technical, which means I had to skip my hike for no good reason.

It’s an hour later than I wanted to leave and already 83 degrees.  If I left now, I’d be hiking down with the temps near 104.  I think I’ll ride my bike :-)