Halloween in Texas

WTF?

We took the kids out for T or T tonight. Colorado prides itself on having clear sunny skies 300 days a year (on average). Yet one of it’s dark secrets is Halloween is routinely one of the coldest, most miserable days of the year. The only thing worse than a snowy Halloween is a cold, rainy Halloween. Colorado gave you either, sometimes both, on a regular basis. As a kid, you were guaranteed one thing: nobody could see your costume under the layers of clothing you had to put on to survive Halloween night.

Tonight was in the mid 70’s. I was in a t-shirt, shorts and sandals, walking the kids from door to door. Last year, the dad next door and I snuck Schaaps with us and took shots to keep warm. This year everyone was out on their driveways in lawn chairs, talking to neighbors and handing out candy. One guy even wheeled his grill around and was serving up hotdogs. Really good hotdogs.

I could get used to this.