Night falls and the dry air cools at an alarming rate as the lack of humidity and cloud cover creates a quick escape for the days baking heat.
Turn the oven up to “self-clean” all day and then jump into cold storage at night.
Welcome to the American Southwest where daybreak can bring an impossible dusting of snow as you walk out to the canyon’s edge, wrapped in a comforter ripped off the cabin bed only to find yourself cooking an egg on top of your camera just a few hours later in the day.
The daily range between maximum and minimum temperatures sometimes runs as much as 50 to 60 degrees F during the drier periods of the year. During winter months, daytime temperatures may average 70 degrees F, with night temperatures often falling to freezing of slightly below in the lower desert valleys.”