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APB wrote: ↑

20 May 2020 12:35

Drj820 wrote: ↑

20 May 2020 10:40

I live in tennessee now. Love the fall here, the mild winters, the evenings, the scenery..all of it. But for the past few years every late spring and summer my sinuses have just been a wreck. The heat seems to be a factor, certainly the pollen, something in the air. Late summer through early spring i feel great, and then like clock work i live in some sort of hell for a few months. I just broke up with my GF so besides my dog, while furloughed i literally have nothing preventing me from using the time to go off the grid for a bit and consider whats next.

Can't contribute much to your inquiry but I can tell you when I was living in Clarksville, TN in the early 90's, I had the worst sinus allergy issues I've ever had. Would hit mid-spring and last about 3 weeks. I was a mouth breathing fool and miserable.

Never had allergy issues before moving there, have had only minor allergy issues since. Whatever it was for those 3 weeks every spring - spent 3 years there - it wreaked havoc with me and to this day I still have no idea what it was.

Raptorman wrote: ↑

26 May 2020 23:22

APB wrote: ↑

20 May 2020 12:35

Drj820 wrote: ↑

20 May 2020 10:40

I live in tennessee now. Love the fall here, the mild winters, the evenings, the scenery..all of it. But for the past few years every late spring and summer my sinuses have just been a wreck. The heat seems to be a factor, certainly the pollen, something in the air. Late summer through early spring i feel great, and then like clock work i live in some sort of hell for a few months. I just broke up with my GF so besides my dog, while furloughed i literally have nothing preventing me from using the time to go off the grid for a bit and consider whats next.

Can't contribute much to your inquiry but I can tell you when I was living in Clarksville, TN in the early 90's, I had the worst sinus allergy issues I've ever had. Would hit mid-spring and last about 3 weeks. I was a mouth breathing fool and miserable.

Never had allergy issues before moving there, have had only minor allergy issues since. Whatever it was for those 3 weeks every spring - spent 3 years there - it wreaked havoc with me and to this day I still have no idea what it was.

Well, you may or may not believe this. Our bodies change every 7 years. (for women it's 8) I would ask you when you started having problems with allergies? When you moved or turned a certain age? Now, if you moved at a certain age, you are screwed. I never had a problem with pollen of any kind until I turned 56. Then all of a sudden after being in FL for 20 years I have a reaction to citrus pollen and Live oak pollen. My acupuncturist took care of it, but for many that's just to mumbo jumbo to consider.

Carl Gerbschmidt wrote: ↑

27 May 2020 15:58

I became allergic to lake water about 5 years ago. If my head goes under water it is misery I get stuffed up and sinus draining sitting in a boat on the water. Not a fan but hopefully only 2 years left.

BF004 wrote: ↑

28 May 2020 13:07

Took you 11 days to tell us??

APB wrote: ↑

29 May 2020 07:56

Congratulations, @TheGreenMan! You're gonna find out, in a few years, anyway, that girls bring some different parental challenges for us dads than those two brothers of hers. Good luck!

TheGreenMan wrote: ↑

03 Jun 2020 14:57

APB wrote: ↑

29 May 2020 07:56

Congratulations, @TheGreenMan! You're gonna find out, in a few years, anyway, that girls bring some different parental challenges for us dads than those two brothers of hers. Good luck!

Oh man, have I been hearing that. I'm constantly being told it's a completely different world.

Well, I'm up for the challenge.

I also need to learn to braid some hair.

Trudge wrote: ↑

03 Jun 2020 23:55

Congrats @TheGreenMan !!

Drj820 wrote: ↑

20 May 2020 10:40

I suppose "random Stuff" might be the place to inquire about this. There is a pretty good chance i am going to get furloughed for about 6 weeks from mid June through July. I have been verbally told i will be one of the few people to be able to return in august because i do alot of fundraising projects and that season will hopefully be revamping in the fall.

I live in tennessee now. Love the fall here, the mild winters, the evenings, the scenery..all of it. But for the past few years every late spring and summer my sinuses have just been a wreck. The heat seems to be a factor, certainly the pollen, something in the air. Late summer through early spring i feel great, and then like clock work i live in some sort of hell for a few months. I just broke up with my GF so besides my dog, while furloughed i literally have nothing preventing me from using the time to go off the grid for a bit and consider whats next.

I am wanting to conduct an experiment to see if it is the climate that is causing this, or something else. I want to take 3? maybe even 4 weeks and take a pot, some can food, a fishing pole, hammock, my honda accord, my dog, guitar, french press coffee maker, and really just the bare essentials and head north. I love the great outdoors and camping and have fished for food many times. The discussion in the other thread got me thinking about the upper peninsula of michigan, before that i was considering northern Wisconsin.

For the near locals of those areas, or people familiar: Anything i should know about that im probably not considering? Is it super crowded in the summer months, or plenty of space for everyone? are there places where camping that long term reasonably priced, or are they going to drain me because its tourist season? Any camping locations to reccommend? Ive heard the mosquitos are as big as bats, any thing to know about them?

All these kind of questions are things im trying to research, and the convo in the where are you from thread got me thinking some of you guys might have some great info.

Thanks for the help!