Tuesday December 5th 2017

The temperature got down into the high thirties last night. It will get even lower tonight since the insulating cloud cover disappeared during the day. Getting up this morning into a cold motorhome was a real challenge. I rolled over under the warm covers and went back to sleep a couple of times. When I finally got up it took some time to warm up the RV. It slowed down my morning even more. The outside temperature peaked in the mid fifties, but the north wind made it feel a few degrees cooler.

According to the TV weather people this is a little below normal for this time of year. It compares to a late October day in the Northeast. The average highs and lows won’t get much lower while I’m here. In the grand scheme of things this is great weather. It’s about what I expected when I decided to spend the time in Las Vegas. What is hard to get used to is the change from the mid 70s weather that was the norm until this week.

I pretty much stayed at home today. It was a household chore kind of day. I did a little clean up here and a little picking up there throughout the day. The dirty dishes in the kitchen sink got turned into clean dishes ready for the next meal and the trash got bundled up and walked down to the dumpster at the end of the road. On a good day all that would take an hour. Today I managed to get it done in six. I used most of the available daylight hours. As I mention earlier, it was a slow day.

Here are four more pictures from yesterday’s visit to the Ethel M Chocolate and Cactus Garden’s Christmas lights.

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