beat the heat.

It's been unbearably hot on the Left Coast for the last week and a half. And during times like these, Paige and I are happy we installed central air conditioning two years ago. (Thanks, Apple stock!)

The National Weather Service issued warnings like these for four or five consecutive days:
SAN JOSE (DOWNTOWN) BROKE ITS ALL-TIME RECORD FOR A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TWO DAYS IN A ROW. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS A LOW OF 73 DEGREES LAST SET ON JULY 25TH 1974. THIS WAS BROKEN ON BOTH JULY 22ND AND 23RD.
You know you're in trouble when it doesn't get below 80 degrees overnight.

So what did we do? We escaped to the mountains, to our favorite spot (Pinecrest Lake). Which led to drinking wine on innertubes and pictures like this:


And this:


Good thing the water was deep. And cold. Which reminds me of a very crass and rude joke told by my friend Dave Thomas. Which I won't repeat in mixed company. Or here, for that matter.