Quote Originally Posted by Spartan View Post
You were probably sweating as much or more than in Ohio. It's the rapid evaporation from the low humidity that helps keep you cool and dry. It makes you think that you are not sweating enough. That's also why you need to keep your water intake high. A little bit of shade and a little breeze helps a lot.
You're probably right. I was drinking a lot of water. And it's hot - just not uncomfortable.

Back here in Ohio it's like being in a sauna at 90 degrees. It's miserable.

When I visited Houston a number of years ago, it was even worse.

The desert is a bit of an odd place if you are used to living in high-humidity areas. We're conditioned to start thinking about turning the AC on at about 80 degrees F because the sweating makes us uncomfortable. So the idea of 110 degrees sets off alarm bells. I don't like "heat" (I hate Ohio summers), and always wanted to move to somewhere that had an annual high temperature somewhere around 65 deg F, so I was surprised at how much I liked Arizona (especially the area southeast of Tucson) climate-wise. You could probably build a nice little off-grid ranch there and if you did it right, never once have to turn on air conditioning.

Like I said, I bet the only time you really wouldn't want a kilt is if a dust or sand storm blew up. That could get a little abrasive!