Monday November 6th 2017

It was a beautiful fall day. The high temperature just broke seventy degrees. The major event for the day was food shopping. The refrigerator was getting a little empty. I was out of OJ and the milk, eggs and butter substitute were getting close to the end. Outside the refrigerator, I was out of bread and cookies. I still had can goods, potatoes, onions and frozen dinners so I wouldn’t starve but clearly a grocery run was in order.

More color in the desert thanks to irrigation.,

One of the advantages to being in the urban area of Las Vegas is the shopping options. For groceries, I have options about a mile away in each of three directions. There is an Albertsons to the north, a Smiths to the west and a Super Walmart to the south. The east has nothing but residences and then mountains. Walmart is my usual choice. It has most of what I need and doesn’t require a discount card to get the best prices. Smiths will use a “store” card if you ask but that’s one more thing to remember. I suppose I could get a card but that also seems like a painful process. I’m not sure what the sale item process is at the Albertsons market.

The grocery run was my only event of the day. I am clearly in RV living mode. I’ve been here in Las Vegas for more than 2 weeks and have done very few tourist things. I’ve visited the strip and downtown to see what’s changed and I’ve been out to Lake Mead. I haven’t been to any shows yet and I’m only going to casinos when I have another reason than gambling for the visit. There are lots of tourist things that I may do while I’m here, but I’m not in a rush to see them. If I don’t get to see them while I’m here then they’ll be all the more interesting on a future visit to the area.

RV living mode means I may stay home all day or a I may go out at a moments notice on a whim. It also means that the content of this blog may be a little dull or different. I intend to keep writing a daily blog entry to keep up the habit and as a quasi social outlet. It serves as a substitute for morning coffee conversation with my imaginary friends. Another advantage of writing the daily blog is having to think about what I’m going to write about may keep me more active. If I don’t know what I’m going to write about by mid afternoon then I need to get out and find something interesting to do. It won’t always work, but at least it will get me out of my RV home.