Paper White......

2:31 pm - Sunday - July 24th - Likely, CA - 94° F, humidity 8%, wind 6 mph out of the northwest.......partly cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 95° F.  On this date in 2017 TLE and I were relaxing on the 'lido deck' in Gardiner, MT on a day off from work at the Mammoth Hot Springs General Store in Yellowstone NP......↴

As is often the case on our weekend days, we were not up until after 7:30 am on Saturday.  After typing my daily missive I sat outside with TLE reading until almost 12 noon when we both decided to head inside, and turn on the A/C......noon is about as far as we get without A/C these days.  TLE already had a load of wash going in the Splendid Splendide, and a couple more were done for good measure throughout the day with none of the prior issues resurfacing. If anything, it is drying clothes much faster than it was before, so maybe there was too much lint in the dryer vent hose after all.

By the way, after 14 years of use, I have finally retired my 1st generation Kindle, and moved up to 10th generation Paper White Kindle.....

.....Amazon was no longer going to support downloads on my old Kindle, so I bit the bullet and moved on to the newer Paper White ($86 on eBay....refurbished....looks brand new to me)....as you can see the screen is the same size as the old one, which is more than adequate, but now everything is 'touch screen' eliminating the need for the keyboard at the bottom.  The Paper White is much easier to read in low light conditions as it has a back light, unlike the first generation one.  Additionally, the battery can go weeks in between charges, whereas the 1st generation one was good for a few days at the most before it needed to be recharged.

Saturday is also the day of the weekly putting contest, and for the first time TLE entered as a contestant.  She has been hesitant about entering as she doesn't want to be embarrassed, but I reminded her that 1/2 of the contestants, many very good putters, are eliminated after the first round.  I also reminded her that I didn't get past the first round for 5, or 6 weeks.  Once she put things in perspective she had a good time, even though she did not make it out of the first round.  I, on the other hand, made it all the way to the semi final before losing to the eventual winner.  Getting that far for the second time in 3 weeks is certainly encouraging for me....it means my win a few weeks ago was not a fluke.  I was two easy putts, which I missed, away from making it to the final once again.

It only got to 91° F Saturday, and it wasn't that bad outside for most of the day.  When I think 91° F is comfortable you can be sure I have finally acclimatized to hotter temperatures.  We're in store for 6 days of 99-100° F temperatures, but that's not bad considering it is 11° lower than Redding, CA.  You will remember we were there last year in late June when it was 114° F.....I'll take 99, or 100° F over that any time, especially when the overnight temps get into the low 50's every night.

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