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This is my first time in California, really in the West at all. I'm not quite sure what I expected it to be like, but it is not like any terrain I have ever seen. Right now we are driving from Costa Mesa to Palm Springs and I can see foothills to my left. I am used to the mountains back East covered with trees and luscious vegetation. Here I can feel the dry, I can see it. Yes, there are trees, but looking across the range it seems more like brush than anything else. 

We had an event in Palm Springs, Ca. Wake-up time was 0440, talk about some sleep-walking activists! The weather was 113̊ F at the highpoint and 0800 felt like 1100 because of the heat!  It was a good event, otherwise. The organizers and volunteers were helpful and did a good job.

Citizens in the area were talking to us about how they felt global warming affecting them; most commented on the increased humidity. Deserts are generally arid from what I know, so obviously something is changing in the atmosphere if the humidity is reaching 48%! I did not really notice it, but then again I am from the South East and am used to stepping out of my house and immediately being covered in sticky sweat.  

-Kathryn Hilton
 Global Warming Story Tour crew