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PHOTO GALLERY: Summer heat

Monday, July 18, 2011 | 8:13 p.m. CDT; updated 11:32 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 18, 2011

Carter Wood drinks out of the Camp Adventure water jug on July 18 at Stephens Lake Park. The day camp focuses on learning outdoor skills, but campers spent part of their day inside because of the heat.   ¦  Sarah Hoffman

BY MISSOURIAN STAFF

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The heat index is expected to hover between 105 and 115 degrees this week, according to the National Weather Service. Children at summer camp are spending more time indoors, and air-conditioning repairs have been more frequent.

Trevor Kemp of Star Heating and Air Conditioning sweats as he works to restore the central air of a customer on Monday.   ¦  Christopher Parks

After a day of outdoor activities during Adventure Camp, Sarah Arnell, 6, stretches out on the cool cement floor Monday in Reichmann Pavilion at Stephens Lake Park.   ¦  Andrew Feiler

Jaylen Johnson, 6, leaps over a hula hoop, a trick one of his Adventure Camp counselors taught him, while spending time in the air-conditioned Reichmann Pavilion on July 18 at Stephens Lake Park. After a day of outdoor activities, energetic campers and counselors cooled down inside while enjoying lanyards, hula hoops and foursquare.   ¦  Andrew Feiler

Ryan Box uses his billboard to shade himself from a blazing afternoon sun Monday at Worley Street and Stadium Boulevard. "I made a fort with the sign. It almost completely blocks the sun," said Box, who was working a five-hour shift.   ¦  Andrew Feiler

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