Jerry McBride

Elliot Graham, 7, shoots his squirt gun while floating down an irrigation channel that runs through Little Pine River Park on a hot Tuesday in Bayfield. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Cattle migrate to the shade of trees in a field east of Durango on Thursday as temperatures climb into the 90s. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Elizabeth Marsh and Little D are this year's seventh annual Mancos BurroFest grand marshals as they lead the parade on Saturday in Mancos. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

The five metal cyclists that make up the sculpture by Boulder artist Joshua Wiener are back in place on Tuesday in the roundabout at Riverview Drive and Florida Road.

Anna Steaves, 11, surfs through one of the rapids at the 29th Street put-in on the Animas River during a hot Thursday afternoon. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

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The landscaped home of Leah and Joe Darr on Delwood Avenue was part of the Durango Botanic Gardens' Gardens on Tour event on Saturday. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)

Drivers make their way past two new permanent automated speed enforcement cameras on Florida Road on Tuesday between Oak Drive and Elm Place.

A bumblebee crawls around on a thistle flower on Friday. Different types of thistles are in bloom in Durango and in La Plata County, offering a

Sebastian Hicks, in red, of the Good Fight Boxing Club, prepares to take on Angelo Lopez, of Warriors Boxing Club, on Friday during the Animus on