Heat!

Shade, wonderful shade!

Dr. K, Becca and I took a long hike on the loop trail around Tortugas Mountain this morning.  We briefly considered taking an even longer hike, but the heat was unbearable.  We're running eleven or twelve degrees above normal.  We ran into a fellow hiker, Jimmy, who had also shortened his hike because of the heat.  To say we need relief--in the form of lower temps and precipitation--is an understatement.

The hot Chihuahuan Desert