Friday, June 24, 2005

 

Superficial Obvious Observation No. 1

Southern Arizona is hot. Really, really hot. The average high in Tucson thus far this month has been 101 degrees Fahrenheit. For a northerner like me, conditions like this just make me want to find the nearest air-conditioned cave and not come out for five or six months. It's hard to conceive that people would voluntarily undertake a journey of several days on foot in temperatures like this, through harsh and trackless terrain, with no certainty of arriving at their desired destination. That speaks of a motivation much stronger than most that I know or experience-- desperation is the better word for it.

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