<OT> I'm back! (trip report w/pictures)

[Tony Alfrey]

On Sunday 24 September 2006 07:30 am, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> > I had the exact same desert experience when I reached Phoenix, and
> > my boss drove us to Tempe. Flat land as far as the eye can see!
> > Truly amazing ! I wasn't used to the distances as well -- I wanted
> > to go for my usual morning jog, looked at the map and thought I
> > could go two junctions, then back to the motel. I ended up turning
> > back after just one junction because it was so far, and the
> > temperature was a lot colder than I was used to in Singapore. This
> > was Arizona in November, IIRC.
>
> Yea, it tends to get cold in the desert at night, as there's little
> to hold in the heat.  DeathValley is one of the exceptions though, as
> it didn't get below 70F at night while i was there last week.

The daytime average temperature in Death Valley goes roughly linearly 
from 60F in January, up 10F per month, and then back.

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Tony Alfrey
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