Friday January 5th 2018

Today’s weather was another beautiful day in the mid sixties. The local TV stations must be getting bored with the great weather. They’ve been covering the east coast weather on every news cast. It seems like every channel has a different story for each newscast on the “Bomb Cyclone” and deep freeze on the east coast. It’s pretty comical to here the anchors try and pronounce some of the community names with record snow falls and to explain what windchill below zero is like. Clearly they have no practical experience.

I’m glad I’m not in the New England weather. I miss watching the snow fall and the clean white snow clinging to branches and structures. I don’t miss driving in the snow, clearing it from the walks and driveway or the cold temperatures.

The weather here is finally forecast to change.  After 114 days and counting there is rain in the forecast for next week.  The record period without measurable precipitation is supposed to end on Tuesday with rain in the valley and snow in the mountains.

I got it in my head to take the Sam’s Town shuttle to the Las Vegas strip this afternoon. The only problem is I had the wrong idea of the departure time. I missed the shuttle by half an hour. The next one was four hours later. Since I didn’t want to drive to the strip on a Friday afternoon, I’ll go to the strip another day. Instead I contributed a few more bucks to the casino’s bottom line.

Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall Atrium with the Mystic Falls Park.