I drove into the desert and up a hill after a long day of birding in hot weather. I had that mineral sunscreen on, the white kind that you have to scrub off. I’d been sweating and I was aching to get out of the sun. This is the desert though, and shady spots are hard to come by. I decided to do the next best thing to cool myself off. I found a nice flat spot atop a rise, parked the car, and peered around for signs of civilization. The horizon was visible for nearly the entire turn of my body. I assessed the distance to the closest other human at at least a mile before I set myself up. If a solar shower spends all day in a mostly-hot car, well, the temperature gauge on this thing read 115F. Thusly equipped I washed off the day under no shelter whatsoever in the nearly-setting, still hot sun. Alone and exposed to the elements, half-rushing, mostly giggling, I cooled down, so fresh and so clean.