Summer Survival, Part Deux: Refuges and Refugees

This is my bonus entry for the Round Robin Photo Challenge, theme "Summer."  It's my chance to post a few more Mount Lemmon pictures, and revisit the issue of where Tuffy tries to stay cool.

Lemmon Aide

These pictures were taken July 3rd.  It probably wasn't the height of the holiday traffic, but it was reasonably impressive anyway.  The line of cars in my side mirror was waiting for one of the Windy Point traffic lights, which allow only one lane / direction at a time through the construction zone.



Mount Lemmon is twenty or thirty degrees cooler than Tucson, and undoubtedly pretty, but in summer before the monsoon starts, it's not exactly lush.  In fact, it's rather dry.



Because it is so dry, and because any thunderstorms that do try to get going hover directly over the mountains, this is fire season.  A chunk of Mount Lemmon was burning two years ago this week, including Summerhaven.  




Tuffy: Caught in the Act

This morning I did catch Tuffy in her cool spot in the master bath.  When I came back with the camera, she saw me and started to get up.  That's okay--it just made the picture cuter.




Did I interrupt something?

Summer *Explodes*!

Remember my 116 degree car, and the club soda my husband John has been drinking in quantity?  Last night he bought four more sixpacks of club soda on sale, but forgot to bring them in from the car.  Here's what happened to them today:





I'm not sure you can tell from either version of the photo, but nearly every can is now an exciting new shape! Pop! Pop! Pop!


Karen

Now check out the updated list of other Round Robin entries this week, which were to be posted between the midnights on Wednesday, July 6th:

Round Robin Challenges... http://journals.aol.com/ondinemonet/RoundRobinChallenges

1. Betty...My Day My Interests   http://journals.aol.com/rap4143/MyDayMyInterests/
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2. Karen...Musings from Mâvarin    http://journals.aol.com/mavarin/MusingsfromMavarin
Previously Posted

3. Carly...Ellipsis   http://journals.aol.com/ondinemonet/Ellipsis
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4. Duane...sotto voce   http://journals.aol.com/fdtate714/sottovoce/
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5. Alan...F-Stop   http://journals.aol.com/botdotdotdot/F-Stop
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6. Steven...(sometimes) photoblog   http://journals.aol.com/sepintx/sometimesphotoblog
Posted!

7. Amy...Substance; or lack of   http://journals.aol.com/babyshark28/substanceorlackof
Posted!

8. Celeste...My Day And Thoughts   http://journals.aol.com/csandhollow/Mydayandthoughts/
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9. Patrick...A Stop At Willoughby   http://astopatwilloughby.blogspot.com
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10. Trish...A Journey To Peace   http://journals.aol.com/freeepeace/LivingroomSuperstar/
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11. Mary...Alphawoman's Blog   http://journals.aol.com/alphawoman1/Alphawomansblog
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12. Robbie...Robbie's Ruminations   http://journals.aol.com/krobbie67/RobbiesRantsRaves

13. Sassy...Sassy's EYE   http://journals.aol.com/sassydee50/SassysEYE
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14. Marie...The Little Things   http://journals.aol.com/gotomaria/TheLittleThings/

15. Aunt Nub (Liz)...Aunt Nub's Empty Head   http://journals.aol.com/montaukny/AuntNubsEmptyHead
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16. Derek...Picture of the Day   http://journals.aol.com/deveil/PictureoftheDay
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17. Kimberleigh...Life as I live It   http://journals.aol.com/demandnlilchit/LifeasIliveit/
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18. Kat...From Every Angle   http://journals.aol.com/mskatdabrat/FromEveryAngle
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19. Midlife Matters...   http://journals.aol.com/oceanmrc/MidlifeMatters/
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20. Monica....Mamarazzi   http://journals.aol.com/photographybymon/Mamarazzi/
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