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Plan now for the best July in years

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES -- July might be the best month of the year for camping, hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities, and this year's version will deliver even more than usual.

July 2011 will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays -- a bonanza recreational opportunity for the average working stiff.

Word is going around the Internet that this occurs only once every 823 years.

However, one of Dave Oliveria's Huckleberries readers checked that out with Snopes:

 “It is perfectly true that July 2011 has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. However, such a combination occurs far more often than every 823 years. The last occurrence was in July 2005 while the next occurrence will take place in July 2016. The message is just a revamped version of very similar- and equally erroneous - messages about August and October 2010. H/T: Keith Erickson for providing Snope.com report.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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