This is it. October. Rocktober. Oct”tube”er. Does it get any better than this? Every day for the past two weeks has been in the mid-70s. Are we hitting 80 on Wednesday? Yes, the sun is starting to descend quite a bit earlier now, but you can throw on a hoodie (just don’t carry Skittles) and be stoking the fire pit by 7 p.m. Nothing beats keeping the windows open as the nighttime temps dip down to 50 and you wrap yourself up in a couple of blankets.
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