The heat wave here in Las Vegas is dissipating. We may have seen our last day in 2020 when the high temperature hits the one hundred and tens. Highs in the one-oh's for the foreseeable future. The very high one-oh's, but that's still cooler than the hundred-teens.
One cool place for escape is Rocky Mountain National Park, astride the continental divide in Colorado. I was there in late June 2003 and on the main road through the park, in the area around the continental divide (the road peaks at about 12,000 ft above sea level, I believe), not only was the snow still on the ground, the snow on the sides of the road (remnants from the road being plowed through the winter) was well over the height of the car (this was when I had an SUV), probably 10 to 12 feet high. That will cool you down.
This photo is from the descent on the western side of the continental divide, homeward bound. Still cool, however.
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