Monday December 4th 2017

The cool weather has arrived. It didn’t get out of the mid fifties today. The cloud cover and the wind made for a raw day. Inside the RV it was comfortably in the seventies with a little help from a space heater. I reserve the furnace for the real cold. That may come tomorrow morning. There is a freeze warning for much of the area.

The big event for the day was a visit to the Ethel M Chocolate and Cactus Garden Christmas display. After spending the afternoon doing some shopping in Henderson NV, I stopped at the cactus garden. It is a real gem hidden in an industrial area. For Christmas they cover all of the cactus with lights and add a few other Christmas scenes like wire frame reindeer and snowmen. It is a real dense burst of color in the middle of the chocolate factory buildings.  Walking along the paths of the garden you are surrounded by Christmas lights. I went crazy with my point and shoot camera and my cell phone. I’m going to include more than a few pictures here to try and convey the volume and depth of the lights. It really is beautiful.

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