When Life Gives You Heat, Find Pineapples

I'm from Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes and walking 20 miles in a blizzard (each way) to school. For half the year, Minnesota is a frozen, snow-buried tundra. And by the time you acclimate to the summer heat, the snow begins to fall again.

So traveling to Baja at the tail of summer nearly caused me to melt from the inside out. I strolled the streets of La Paz, taking photos, and stopping every few seconds in any sliver of shade I spotted. But there was an upside to not being able to handle the intense heat of a La Paz afternoon; it forced me to slow down...like really slow down.

And when I was basically at the point where my feet were only shuffling across the cobblestones, I started to notice the details, the simple things.

Like these beautiful cactus plants lining the streets, with tiny blossoms that looked just like...PINEAPPLES!