I live in the mountains ... well, almost

So this is the view on the road halfway between my apartment and my office. I've never lived by mountains before.

Yeah, it's pretty, but if you look before the mountain you'll see desert and there's a LOT of that around here in Vegas. Very dry, and very hot. I'm dying here. When will it cool down so I can actually go hiking in thar mountains? Would really enjoy that. Trolling along the paths, stopping occassionally to take in the view, having snow ball fights. Oh wait, wrong season.

Looking forward to it but looks like I'll have to wait.