August sports have started |
| Illustrated desert basin at first light Kickoff is at
seven. So is
the heat. An August morning in Phoenix does not warm up. It starts warm. Pack for that. |
| Before you leave the house | Soak it at home. A cooling towel works on evaporation, so it needs water in it before it can do anything. Wet it at the kitchen tap, wring it out, and it is ready when you get there. |
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Soaking it in the parking lot works too. Doing it at home means you are not the one holding a dripping towel at the gate. |
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Quarter to seven. Nobody is here yet. |
| | | What actually goes in the bag |
Four things.  10.75 by 39 inches, so it stays on a neck. Soft when dry. $10.99 | |  Double-wall vacuum, so what you filled at six is still cold at ten. $24.99 | | |  UV-protective fabric and a curved bill. Shade you can carry. $29.99 | |  For the one playing. It stays put when a towel will not. $9.99 |
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06:40 | Soak and wring the towel at the sink. Fill the bottle and put the ice in now, not later. | 07:00 | Snap the towel and put it on the back of the neck. Hat on before you are in the sun, not after. | 08:15 | It has gone warm. That is the water leaving, which is the part that cools. Wet it again. |
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| | | Two more Saturdays of this |
Then it is
September. Everything above ships from Phoenix, and shipping is free over $49. |
Desert Towel Cooling gear born in Phoenix for work, sport,
and everything under the sun. Desert Towel · mailing address
602-626-5133 · store email
You are on the list for The Heat Check from Desert Towel. |
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