A while back, I stepped out of the the comfort of our air conditioned car into what felt like an inferno fueled by the heat of the afternoon sun. My memories were jolted as I remembered the years I spent growing up in a desert town located in Eastern Washington.
I used to joke with my parents that they had plenty of summer sunshine over their way, but neither hide nor hair dare step outside when the weather reached scorching daytime temperatures. When the thermometer escalated into the "teens" from the intense heat of the afternoon sun, little relief was available..and all one could do was deal with the hot spell until it passed over.
As a kid growing up in that town, cooling off was as easy as running barefoot through the sprinklers in the yard or plopping down in the living room in front of the air conditioner to enjoy the cool breeze blowing from the fan.
Just talking about the hot and dry weather of that desert area makes me thirsty for a tall, cold glass of home brewed ice tea!
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