Good stuff Alan! Don't envy you the weather though. Spent 10 years working at China Lake so I know that environment. The whole area is one of the closest places on earth that I think resembles hell, in more ways than just the weather. Overachieving there is very impressive!

I've been in the middle east. I prefer it over the Mojave area. It is a perfect mix of heat and humidity that just goes right through you. I used to run at lunch there. And don't get me started on the hell of golf there.