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I had the park to myself, which was fantastic. It was quite nice, though the heat took some getting used to. The insects were relentless, despite DEET, I endured dozens of bites. Taking off the door panel to investigate my window problem, it became unplesantly clear that the regulator was indeed shattered and I had no materials or skills to improvise a solution for it. What I did do, was to place a ziptie on the rail, which at least held the window in the topmost position, thinking this would allow the air conditioner to work a little better.

I then spent the evening listening to the radio and trying to induce sleep with some cold Pabst Blue Ribbon. It was fruitless. I hardly slept the entire night due to the heat. I tried the upstairs, thinking that the poptop canvas let a little more air circulate through, but it didn't help much. It stated raining at 2am, so I had to close the windows making it even warmer inside. Around 5am I finally got up to face the day. At the recycling bin, I saw the most amazing tree frogs, about 4 of them. As I turned around to grab the camera, they of course crawled inside and were not to be seen again.

Drove to Austin without incident, and took the van into Underground VW, where I met Toby and had a great time looking at his shop and talking about vanagons. I'll be here for a few days, hopefully with a campout with friends at the end.