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Captain Obvious; "The desert is hot!"

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For the last two weeks of May the temperatures here in the New Mexico desert have been frequently exceeding 105 degrees (40.5 C).  I know everybody says "it's a dry heat", but once at that temperature, and above, it's HOT!  Our poor old RV air conditioners just can't overcome the solar gain being put into the rig every day.  We are fully broadside to the glaring sun all day long.  Temperatures in our living area are hovering around 84 deg by mid-day and we don't get below 80 again until after 9:00 pm.  They will continue to run a good part of the night to get the temperature down to its set point of 75.  The bedroom being a much smaller area does a little better by about 5 degrees.  We have taken to putting a fan at the top of the steps and having it blow air from the bedroom down into the living/galley area.  It only makes a small difference but we're taking anything we can get. My brother and his family are coming to Roswell for the Memorial D...