It has been hot this summer.  The wife and I are planning to move to Texas. During the move we will have to do a lot of driving with my two Beagles in the back seat of my van.  There will be times when we will have to leave the dogs in the car for perhaps 30 minutes at a time.  But, how do I keep them cool, when the car is baking in the sun?

Using a wireless thermometer, I discovered that the inside of my van can reach dangerous temperatures.  The highest temperature I saw was 147 degrees F, which took only 45 minutes to reach from a cool 72 degree condition. That kind of heat would kill my two dogs in short order.