Hatched and then gone :(
It looks like someone came and emptied the nest. No trace of chick, eggs, feathers, nothing.
:(
100 Degrees and Climbing…
It's hot here. Way way to hot. I'm told that in the summer it gets over 126F (52C).
It did rain here a couple of days ago for about 15mins, the rain smells funny and afterwards everything is coated with a fine dust. It didn't last long though, the sun was out and not long later you wouldn't even know it had rained at all.
I have to wonder why people decided to settle here in the frst place, exactly what the first folks to come to this desert were thinking? I can only imagine mass sunstroke and a fist full of stupid pills are the most likely cause, or perhaps it was a bet.
Time to bunker down indoors and wait for the sun to go down......
Home Sweet Phoenix
We arrived very smoothly at Phoenix airport and were very quickly off the plane and meeting up with miya's sister and brother in law who had kindly come to pick us up. Nipped out for a quick smoke while we waited for our baggage to come down and went from feeling ok to drained in a few seconds upon leaving the air conditioned building.
It's hot here, very hot, very very very wall-of-heat hot. The temperature outside is in the low 90's at times so you spend your day running from one air conditioned oasis to the next. But I digress...
We just about managed to fit the 5 of us and luggage in the car and drove to miya's parents house where we're staying for the next month, the only thing that stuck with me from the journey was how cold the air conditioning was and how big all the cars and trucks are.
I was a little aprehensive meeting miya's parents and very aware that after 25 hours on the move how frazzled we all were. miya's mother is wonderful and I just hugged her as soon as I walked in the door. After some introductions we dumped our bags and all went out to Dennys for some proper solid food.
The next couple of days are a bit of a blur, between not sleeping much and traveling round shopping I'm not sure what happened. We've eaten out quite a bit, drove miles between shops and bought a car. Jet lag sucks.
Phoenix is mostly beige and consists mainly of cacti, scrub and rocks. Mornings and evenings are cool, during the day you just bake. Everything is a lot cheaper than in England.
It's great :)