Gah! How did you know I was going to use the heat badge?
The amount of pokemon you let us use seems very low. I think it should start with 3 pokemon for first gym and get to 5 or 6 pokemon near 8th gym.
I know the exact pokemon I will use as soon as I will find out what order my gym will be in. It is not yet definite that my gym will be 6th in the order.
Going to go now and decide on a badge.