Hot birds, hot people-August 2, 2011

We did not leave Oklahoma this morning as planned. It was too hot at our destination. Seriously. We saw that it should be a little cooler there tomorrow, only about 105°.  We thought we'd be better off here and not on the road. Neither of us has ever felt this kind of heat. It is very dangerous. There's a huge fire station and EMT station a couple of  blocks from this park. The ambulances roll frequently. We were told by someone who works here that people are dropping from heat exhaustion. The poor little birds are not doing much better. They are standing under our a/c drain and trying to drink the water and get themselves wet. I'm not being funny. It is sad to watch. If our a/c units survive this, it will be a miracle. We cannot get cold or even cool water out of our faucets. It is very hot water. I guess that saves the hot water heater, if we want to find something positive. We do know we will never travel in this kind of weather again. But we had to do it this year to try to get our more mobile life established. This time next year, "the good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise", as the old saying goes, we will be far north staying cool. Then we'll move around in the south for the winter. I am so sorry for anybody who has to be out in this. The rain quit following us and we feel badly about that. Rain is so needed here. It's going to get better. We have faith that it will. If you are suffering this intense heat, please take care of yourself.