You've never been to Mexico? It's... interesting. It's like California, except warmer, and dirtier, and they speak even more Spanish. And you can't drink the water...
Yeah. It was bloody miserable. We were at the one base, and it was like 104. . well, not really, but I swear it got above 100-ish. Thank God for air conditioning. . . it was unbearable. I don't know how you stand it. . . .
NorCal or SoCal? It had to've been July or August, unless you were in Death Valley. But Death Valley's even worse, I was there and it was like 125 once.