Yikes. Las Vegas temps. It's only mid-June 😢

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

18. I am honestly happy I've lived in a bunch of different places.

There is nothing wrong with having spent your entire life in one particular place, but I'm personally glad my life has not been that way.

I'm familiar with hot. I'm familiar with cold. High humidity. Low humidity, And so on. At this point in my life, I've experienced lots of extremes.

My last summer in Tucson, 1968, we had a heat wave. It got above 110 degrees for somewhat over a week (I forget the exact time frame) and was above 115 most of those days. I was working at the telephone company in downtown Tucson at the time. We employees parked in a lot about four blocks from the building we worked in and walked there. I started at 1pm and so was making that walk in the heat of the day. By the end of the heat wave I had a mild heat stroke/heat exhaustion. I didn't go to a doctor, so it wasn't officially diagnosed, but I had all the symptoms. Plus, my car was a '59 VW Bug. No a/c, so I was subjected to all the heat. Not fun.

Again, having lived in a variety of places and climates, I have some pretty strong opinions about where I'm willing to live. Santa Fe is very high on the list.