The only shade came from the trucks and a few scraggly willow trees along an almost dry creek bed.
That tree was the only shade anywhere.
There were no trees nearby; a fair-sized thorn bush not far from where they stood offered the only shade for leagues around.
Out here, the only shade came when a vulture's circling body passed between you and the sun.
"Without leaves out on the trees, people were saying the only shade was in the shadow of tall people," he said.
It was about as tall as he was and five feet around, but it also had the only shade for miles.
Trees about the campground provide shade - some of the only shade in the Monument's valley.
The only shade, under the truck, was teeming with scorpions.
For some folks, it's the only shade.
The two trees now tower more than 40 feet over the lot, though the only shade Pitito enjoys is from a tarp by his truck.