During the winter many places get snowed in. These places effectively shut down – everybody stays indoors and tries to endure the weather by watching TV, reading books, and discussing the benefits (if any) of a nationalised health service.

Over here, in Reno, we get sunned in. For the past week the temperatures have been creeping into the 40s. This is too hot. It’s too hot get into the car. It’s too hot to chase after the ice cream van. And, due to the state-wide water shortage, it’s too illegal to spray yourself with the garden hose.

Obviously, the heat doesn’t stop everybody. Heather and I have just been in Quincy (where it has been hot and smokey – refer to my previous post), and there is a steady stream of the cars going down the road which suggests that some people are trying to brave the weather. However, any form of strenuous excercise is just too difficult and sweaty to perform.

So, Heather and I have done the most logical thing. We bought a Nintendo Wii. We will be spending the summer indoors.