Big Beautiful Buttes

Summer is in full swing, and this week, California has been in the grips of a blistering heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring into the triple digits.  For whatever reason, such heat tends to remind me of Frontierland at Disneyland, because its desert landscape around Big Thunder Mountain is evocative of warm, summer, and the wide open West.  Its Bryce Canyon-inspired peaks and arid vistas are beautiful, and it's almost a bonus that it's also home to the "Wildest Ride in the Wilderness!"