Ape, it's understandable, not many people can tolerate the dryness out there. One of the things I've always liked about the desert is the extremes in everything. BTW, that's good advice about the ear muffs, wish I'd thought of that before.
It's funny you mentioned the blogging Saya, I remember Anne Rice mentioned that in one of her youtube videos. Ach, you should also give this a look as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2KXX7WrOY