Wind Storms and Football Watching

Sunday December 3rd 2017

The wind blew hard all day. It started the day out of the southwest bringing in warm temperatures. This evening it has switched into the north and is bringing in much cooler temperatures. It is forecast to only reach the mid to upper fifties tomorrow. That is about twenty degrees cooler than today.

The way my RV is parked it is somewhat protected from the southwest wind, but the north wind is another thing. The wind from the north catches the main slide out room awning just wrong. The wind causes it to flap loudly. When it really gets bad the tensioning springs can’t keep up. That’s about the time I decide to bring the slide in until the storm passes. It hasn’t gotten that bad yet this evening. I’ve just turned the volume up on the TV.

The atrium at Sam’s Town casino decorated for Christmas.

An Elf testing a toy

Elfs making toys

Elfs wrapping toys

Most of my day was spent in front of the TV watching the NFL football games. I didn’t watch as much football when I was living on the east coast. I usually got busy with something else before the games started. In this time zone the games have started and sucked me in by ten in the morning. I did manage to do a few things around the RV and get out for a walk around the park at halftime and in between games.

This evening I went over to Sam’s Town Casino to checkout the decorations and watch the holiday version of the fountain show in the atrium. It wasn’t the best choice of nights. There were many families with kids there to see the laser and fountain show. I couldn’t get close enough to take pictures or video of the show. I took a few pictures of the area after the show while many of the kids were lined up to see Santa Claus. The casino is hosting Santa weekend evenings from 4:30 to 8pm. Santa was dressed to correspond to the western theme of the casino. He wore a red velvet cowboy hat instead of the traditional tasseled knitted winter hat.