I expected a number of things when I came up here. I expected cooler summers than I was accustomed to. I expected drier weather. In most of these expectations, I have not been disappointed.

I'll tell you what I did not expect, though. I did not expect this sun tan. It did not even occur to me that I would need to invest more money on sunscreen in Idaho than in Texas. It's not a matter of spending more time outdoors, but I suppose the elevation and dry sunwaves or somesuch.

All I know is that I have a farmer's tan. Few things look worse than a farmer's tan. So yesterday I wore my tanktop and the result is odd mixtures of white and red almost in the design of a superhero costume. Oh, and a white outline of the tanktop straps. And a really, really sunburned neck.

I apparently moved all the way from Texas to Idaho to become a redneck...