Breaking News...

Front page news on CNN this morning? The heat in the west.

"BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- When the mercury hit 104, Rick Overton took his colleagues tubing on the Boise River, thinking it couldn't get much hotter. A day later, parts of the West were in for a little relief, but not everywhere -- Boise was expected to hit 107 degrees Friday."

And later in the story after a bunch of stuff about California...

"Even Stanley, Idaho, which at more than 6,000 feet elevation is routinely the coldest place in the lower 48 states, was seeing record highs, the National Weather Service said. The remote town in the Sawtooth Mountains reached 92 degrees Thursday, and was expected to hit 93 degrees Friday."

This must be one of the first times ever that Stanley has made CNN (unless it is for being the coldest place in the country). Hopefully it cools down in a couple of weeks... this doesn't bode well for the forest fires we were hoping to avoid and snow capped mountains we were hoping to showcase- although Michael is convinced a fire would make for great wedding pictures.

Fourth of July we had an impromptu barbecue at our house with some friends. We served cold mint avocado and cucumber soup and Michael's famous grilled chicken. We had a perfect view of the fireworks that were set off at a park just a few blocks from our house, but it was an early night. The heat just drained everyone all day I think.

So today I set off for my bachelorette party weekend. Since it is so hot here we are headed to... ummm... Nevada...
Who knows? It's possible it could be cooler down there... I doubt it will be warmer!

Lots of love to you all... hope to see you in a couple (YIKES!) weeks in Stanley! -M