Living in the Sierra Tarahumara has its advantages. One of the most pleasant aspects is the weather. Although we are further south than the USA, we live at almost 8,000 feet above sea level. We do not have all of the seasons as are experienced in the States. Winter is pretty much the same, except that we begin to have freezing temperatures in September and will continue to dip down below freezing at night well into May. This said April & May are our hottest months (even into June) with temperatures rising into the 90's F. This is when the oak trees lose their leaves and forest fires are common because of the dry weather. In early June, we had a forest fire begin quite close to our base. Jose Luis took a photo of it. Praise God that the rains came at the right time to put it out.
However, once the rains come in June, we will cool off with highs in the low 80s in the morning and dropping into the 60s in the afternoon with the rain and into the low 50s at night. This year the rains began in mid-June which is great. Now, though, the weeds are winning the battle in most corn fields. So the Tarahumara people make their home-made corn beer, invite the neighbors to come drink and help them weed their fields. Just imagine a group of drunk people using hoes or just their hands to weed the fields - it is amazing that they don't pull up the corn with the weeds. The following photo is from the group of neighbors (you can barely see them in front of the pine tree in the middle) who came to help my mother-in-law with her field after they first imbibed quite liberally of the corn beer she made.
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