Archive for the 'Arizona' Category

Obligitory Grand Canyon Photos

We made it back. Muscles, joints, bones and sinew burn with slow pain:

Entombed

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Hiking the Grand Canyon

On Saturday, Jaime and I leave to hike the grand canyon. We will be camping three nights and deciding what to pack is crucial. I found this list by Matt Simerson to be really helpful.

Brutally Hot in Phoenix, Arizona

You think you know. Yes, it’s hot in Arizona, but honestly you don’t know what hot is. Get a load of this:

July 18th Partly Cloudy 113 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 19th Partly Cloudy 112 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 20th Partly Cloudy 109 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 21th Thunderstorm 118 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 22th Partly Cloudy 116 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 23th Thunderstorm 114 Degrees Fahrenheit

July 24th Thunderstorm 114 Degrees Fahrenheit

Sandwiched between the hot city pavement and the gray monsoon sky, one point four million mortal souls bake in this deadly convection oven. Welcome to Phoenix.