Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.October 10thThe temperature hasn’t been below 35 al... week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it’s windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatising is taking longer than I expected.October 15thFell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days of work. What a dumb thing to do! Got to respect the ol’ sun in a climate like. " I suppose we should go through our wagons and see what we might need," Millie said."I think that'd be a good idea. Things are going to cost more here than they did back east, but they'll still be a lot cheaper than they will be in Oregon," I said."I wonder if they have horses," John said. "Ab was telling me that horses are very expensive in Oregon." I hope so," I said. "We need a horse for Lettie. If they have them, we might as well get spares while we're at it, if they aren't too expensive.". ” She got up and looked through her records, and found a new Dire Straits record, and put it on the turntable. “This is lovely,” she said, “Just listen to it,” and a song I’d never heard, called, “Tunnel Of Love,” started playing. We both sat there for a moment or two, listening to the sweet, longing music, and the lyrics, and Katy got up and said, “Do you want to dance with me, Justin?”I had been feeling really at ease by then, but my nerves suddenly kicked in, and went off the scale. “I can’t. It's too late to whine now – you took the money. You're in this just as deep as I am."McMasters sat quietly for a moment. Just as Solomon started to say something, McMasters continued, "I saw that Sheriff come by the office Friday morning." Friday?" Solomon hissed out. "And you didn't tell me?" Oh, shut up. He didn't say anything to me, just glanced in the open door of the office while you were out running down whatever the fuck that nurse wanted. He acted as though he had something on his.