Saturday May 6th 2017

I may be a little too happy that today is a rainy day. The day started cloudy and cool. It never got above the high fifties. Shortly afternoon the rain started. It has rained steadily and the temperature is down near forty. The forecast is for it to continue until mid day tomorrow.

Rainy view in front of my RV home. Clouds block the view of the tops of the surrounding mountains.

I haven’t experienced a real rainy day since February in Florida. On the way west I had a brief overnight shower in Texas and another quick squall line shower in New Mexico. Parked for the month of March in Arizona it rained one night for about an hour. April in Arizona and Nevada has been bone dry with lots of wind. The car and motor home accumulated a good coat of dust.

This afternoon I put my raincoat on and went out in the raw wind blown rain to wipe down the car. I used a sponge and squeegee to make sure the rain gets the bird droppings and other accumulated stuff off the car. The RV is going to require a professional was job. I never did get an appointment for a wash while in Las Vegas despite the extra weeks stay.

To augment the TV for entertainment today I went to a couple of the bigger casinos. I started at the Atlantis and followed it up with the Peppermill casino. Both casinos were hopping. The parking lots were full and most of the slot machines were in use. I’m not sure if this is a normal weekend or if the crowds are increased by extenuating factors. The weather might be drawing more people to the casinos and today is the Kentucky Derby.

The area around the sports book at both casinos was full of people. Many of the women were dressed in Derby outfits. The chief accoutrements of a Derby outfit is a fancy hat. There were brightly colored wide brim hats, basic white sun hats and fancy feathered head gear. Some of the hats gave the ones at the Derby shown on all the big screen TVs a run for their money.

I was back at my RV home in time to watch the Derby on TV. Now I’ve got the electric heater cranking out some warmth to offset the decreasing temperatures. It my get down toward freezing overnight at this altitude. They are warning about the higher passes to the west.