Hiking in the desert

The weather here never really cools down. When is there ever a "good" time to go walking/hiking/running?? Today we decided to leave around 8am and get started on our scenic hike into the mountain. Doing cardio at the gym was getting a little repetative for me and I wanted a different scenery. Even though there's ac in the building doing cardio in there gets boring to me after 15 minutes. Our hike was a good hour or so and it defiantly got me exhausted. I'm planning on getting more involved with the outdoors and staying active. It's just that the sun never sleeps in AZ and the rays have a tendancy on darkening my skin..........even more :( I'm already tan so the rays can go offer their services to someone else who's looking for it. You know, that's one thing that always gets me. There's so many people here that pay to fake bake when they can get it for free by just walking outside to check their mail. Not only does it save a couple bucks, but the results actually look natural and not so.......... orange.