Too hot

It's getting very uncomfortable here in Quartzsite. Our little thermometer has been reading 100+ in the afternoon ever since we arrived here. We have to get some supplies shipped to us, so for the next week or so we need to stay put until they arrive.

The solar panels have been keeping us fully charged despite our best efforts to use more than double the electricity that we originally calculated we would need. We've been using both ceiling fans and our evaporative cooler all during the day. It turns out that we're pretty much fully charged by 11:00 in the morning. By the time the heat sets in there's no need to charge the batteries anymore, so we let the fans pull everything that the panels can put out.

We did some shopping today. We picked up a few days groceries, some spray bottles, and some cute little hot pepper lights for our canopy. Tonight we're planning to to a taco feast outside, so we thought that the little pepper lights would add to the festive mood.

I am doing my best to stay inside the trailer in front of the cooling fan. We're taking turns spraying each other down with the spray bottle and making sure that everyone including the dog gets lots of water. Everyone's grumpy and wanting to move on to a place where we can jump in the water if we get too hot. Everyone has been saying that the weather will be getting cooler in the next couple days. I hope that is the case - this heat is pretty miserable - especially if you want to get anything done.