Naturally, places with temperature conditions vastly different from where home is (if you need to know, well, the high there is a pleasant 82**!) have very different vegetation as well. That is, if there is any vegetation; Oregon has certainly spoilt me with a cool evergreen landscape that I miss already.
I went for a walk around Lake Miramar. Shocking it was that it was already 71 when I parked there at 7:15. With very little of trees to speak of in a dry and semi-desert environment, I wondered whether it was advisable to step off the road on to the dirt after reading a posted sign alerting people about rattlesnakes in the area.
But, stupid is as stupid does, and I did step off the road. Saw a couple of wild rabbits darting across. One stopped and looked at me, and I looked at him. Stupid me forgot that I had the phone-camera in my hand!
And then I saw this cactus:
That beautiful cactus alone made it worth all the exposure in the insane heat.
** Update: Apparently home temperature was also high: 95 today :(
