Northeast New Mexico: clear and sunny, high 90, low 70s. Hazy from the western fires, where a friend is working the Dixie fire in California Sierra Nevada, which has been burning since July 13.

Was supposed to be halfway to the northern great plains by now, but a big heat dome is making Kansas as high as 102 degrees for a few more days. So, weirdly, hiding out in the southwest til the midwest cools off. And the SW is strangely humid and fairly buggy.   Who knew?