Yeah, it was my first full summer in Lubbock. Summers in Houston are hot and muggy and San Antonio summers are just a bit drier. The summers here were new to me then. I remember arriving at work and looking at the black gooey splotches on the side of my car. I looked at the road only to see the asphalt bubbling! :-)
I was coming home from Abilene a couple of weeks ago and was behind an 18-wheeler who splashed hot asphalt all over my windshield and hood from some newly laid road. Icky stuff to clean off, I can tell ya!
Man, I guess you had culture shock! I'll bet you resented the heck out of your parents for a while for doing that to you!
Yes, that pool is the only one where you can swim and have fisheys nibble on your toes and legs, too! LOL!