No one should be up this early. Even the rooster is still in bed and hasn't made a peep. I pull on a shirt, not realizing it's inside-out, throw on yesterday's shorts, tie my shoes and stumble down the path leading to the driveway. If I don't walk now, I won't walk at all. The forecasted high today is 111 in this valley and 115+ in Grants Pass, Oregon. The 10-day forecast then "cools" down and hovers at 100 degrees for the foreseeable future. They tell us this will be the hottest day ever recorded in June on the West Coast.