The pavement here is searing hot right now. Been walking on it most of the day and it seems to be baking the dirt into my soles. I like how it feels, but if the tender areas of my feet touch it I can really feel it.
i still don't understand how sand retains so much heat. burnt the fuck out of my feet yesterday at the beach. you'd think since it's almost white, it wouldn't get so hot, but it seems to be the hottest surface short of fresh blacktop.
So sorry to hear that happened....would have been nice to get closer to shore as the tide came in....
It was a day of two halves here yesterday - rain and cooler in the morning then dry and warmer in the afternoon. Walking in soft summer rain is another wonderful thing, the only problem is those small pebbles and gravel that tend to stick to the balls of your feet when it's wet. Later in the day it was perfect barefooting weather, warm pavements but not too hot. I even saw someone else barefoot, a young woman. She was dressed similar to me, t-shirt, denim shorts and wearing an anklet - and not carrying any shoes with her either. Nice.
Because sand has a low specific heat. Specific heat is the required heat per unit mass required to bring temperature up by one degree Celsius. This is as much as I took from my attempt to research it, anyway.
it's a lake beach, we get "tides" but it's only about a 6 inch difference. but i did make it to the water, i just ended up running most of the way and quickly putting my feet in the water. that's interesting, i've never even heard of specific heat. i might have to do some follow up research now, you've got me curious.
Of course one of the other benefits of going barefoot on a hot day is getting a nice even tan, feet look so sexy when tanned. My toenails are looking good too, they appear brighter against the tanned skin of my toes. A friend came round yesterday, when he kicked his flip flops off, his feet had the dreaded tan lines. Really stood out, at least to those of us who notice such things anyway.
One thing about sand: your feet sink in more, so more of your feet is directly exposed to the heat source so they're really getting cooked.
I have been barefoot on hot pavement, lie over 100 degrees F, the key is to keep moving, like hot coal walking.
