Yesterday afternoon we headed out to look for a letterbox. While driving
on the freeway our car's thermostat read 107 degrees. It was HOT!!
We did not have very good directions to where we were going so, after
driving around looking for a particular trail head we decided to do a
hike on a different trail head. This hike was more of a desert hike and
was very exposed. It was pretty, but would be much better on a much
cooler day. After that hike we decided to give up on finding that
particular letterbox and went to the Sandia mountains to a different
letterbox. While driving up into the Sandias the temperature kept dropping
and dropping. By the time we left for the night it was a mere 71 degrees.
This hike had awesome views and was dense forest. We saw lots of wildlife
l ike deer, chipmunks, and a eagle. We found our letterbox among some
pine trees. We had a great day out and did not eat dinner until 9:00pm and
did not get home from our hikes until 10:00pm
