Wednesday January 3rd 2018

It was another cloudy day. The only difference was the clouds were a little higher and thinner allowing a filtered version of sunlight to reach the ground. The daytime temperature continues to be great in the mid sixties. At night the temperature gets down into the low forties. At that temperature, I’m not running heat overnight so it is very chilly in the morning. A good bowl of oatmeal warms my insides while the inside of the rig comes up to temperature.

Sam’s Town Casino Laser and Fountain Show.

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I wasn’t really motivated to do much today either. The cloudy conditions didn’t do a lot to raise my energy level. If I was on the east cost today I’d really be in a state of mild depression. I stumbled on the Weather Channels coverage of the big east coast storm. They were doing a pretty good job of hyping the storm and trying to scare everyone in its path to stay indoors. I do not miss snow storms in the northeast.

After two days of staying home, I had to get out for a little while today. It was “Young at Heart” day at the Sam’s Town Casino. The euphemism for senior day has a few advantages that make it less costly to spend some time in the casino. For a little money through the machine, I get entries in a drawing for cash, a greater than normal amount of slot points and a free dinner buffet.

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Tonight’s buffet had better choices than the Christmas day buffet. The buffet featured carved turkey, beef, fried chicken, backed chicken and a reasonable selection of vegetables. The salad bar, Asian section and desert bar even seemed to be more complete than for the Christmas day buffet. Hey! I didn’t have to cook it.

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All traces of the recently completed holidays are gone from the casino. The Christmas decorations and promotion advertisements are all down and put away. The holiday version of the fountain and laser show is gone. The regular show is back on the schedule. I caught the 6PM show on my way out of the casino. Overall I had a few hours away from the RV, got a good meal that I didn’t have to prepare and only spent a few bucks in the slot machines. It was a good time.