[george76]

Sounds like fun stuff.

Rather warm this time of year ?

Any troubles finding good water ?

[Flycatcher]

The heat is never a problem. It's the cold. We have to be up typically an hour before dawn to get to our first transect point. Even this time of year, it can be cold at that time of morning, especially at high elevation, which is where we seem to be now.

That said, the mornings are much warmer now, usually in the 40s, which is downright balmy. By the time it gets real hot, our surveys are over, and we're off to the nearest town or casino buffet to munch out (if there's one nearby, of course). If not, it's camp stove time.

As for water, I have so much water in my truck -- in the form of bottled water and a 7-gallon tank -- that I don't have to worry about that. Also have 2 dozen bottles of gatorade and a gatorade powder mix (added to water) to handle just about any emergency. I also refill my empty plastic bottles at park hoses in the small towns we pass through.

Just amazing to me how many people don't carry adequate supplies of water when they travel through the West. But you only make that mistake once, I suppose.