The Friday Challenge - A Clean, Well Lighted Place

The air is hot. Even in the shade you feel the heat. You feel yourself sweating all over, losing precious liquids. The ranges on either side of this dry and brittle valley poke up out of the ground like the back bone of a giant animal. All moisture here is soaked up by the ground and the sun. The dry bones of a long dead goat tell the tragic story of life without water. Water is the answer out here. Without it one will surely perish. You will be devoured by this lands endless thirst. The sun beams down high over head and it burns all that it touches. You can feel it burning your skin after only a few minutes. Traveling by night is the safest option, though waiting here feels like waiting to die. The eagles and crows circle above and perch themselves on nearby trees waiting, watching and knowing. It is either wait here, or die trying to make it further.