Saturday December 16th 2017

It was a cloudy day. This was one of the few days that the sun hasn’t shown brightly all day since I arrived in Las Vegas the third week of October. According to last nights TV weather forecast they are currently in there third longest stretch with no measurable precipitation at ninety three days. A cloudy day is nothing to complain about, but it did have an impact on my day.

First the lack of direct sunshine on the RV slows the process of heating up the inside of the RV. I need to run the heater longer before the inside temperature climbs from the high forties to comfortable room temperature. The dull day also doesn’t do much to encourage activity. I spent the day at home watching TV and doing odd jobs around the RV.

The excitement for the day was the arrival of paramedics and an ambulance for the lady in the motorhome at the next site. I’ve known that something wasn’t right since I arrived at the RV resort. They rarely came out of the RV. The male member of the couple came out to complete an occasional chore or to run an errand. I saw his wife a few times as he helped her into the car for a trip somewhere. Generally there was not a lot of activity. I exchanged hellos with the gentleman the day I checked in, but have only seen him to wave at since then. She appeared kind of frail when they took her out of the motorhome, but there didn’t seem to be any urgency to the transport. The man followed (I assume) about a half an hour later, but hasn’t returned as I right this. It has been several hours.

The generally cloudy day produced a nice sunset tonight.

As usual I broke up my day with a couple of walks around the RV park. I get some exercise and things to ponder from these walks. Today I continue to ponder the ebb and flow of visitors to this RV park. Many of the sites typically used for shorter term stays are full tonight. In contrast several of the longer term residents have departed. I’m guessing the new arrivals are traveling for the holidays, but I don’t have a theory about the departing longer term residents. This isn’t really a snowbird park, it has a real diverse combination of resident types. Some people live here year round. Others stay here while completing different forms of temporary work in Las Vegas.