First soak....

6:57 am - Tuesday - November 7th - GNHS - 69° F, humidity 62%, wind 6 mph out of the west by northwest......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 82° F.  On this date in 2015 TLE and I were in Bishop, CA having a late lunch at Mountain Rambler Brewery......↴ 

It is so nice to wake up to sunshine coming in our bedroom window at 6 am....not that I want to be out of bed at 6 am, but it's nice to wakeup to light, and not darkness.  Darkness just makes it feel earlier than it really is.  I know it's all in my mind, but it is what it is.  Light is better.

After posting my latest missive TLE and I walked over to the hot pools to do a morning soak before the sun got too high in the sky....

.....this is our first soak of the season as it has just been too hot to deliberately immerse your body into 104° F water.  Early in the morning there is still shade over the large hot pool...perfect!  Plus, we have the whole place to ourselves.

After returning from the hot pool TLE and I began the process of cleaning all of our mini-blinds for the first time in quite a while.  I put two screws into the wooden fence behind our site on which to hang them, and then TLE cleaned them with warm water, and Dawn dish soap.  We have six sets of mini-blinds covering the interior side of our Newell windows, so we began with the smallest ones....the kitchen, and the bathroom.  The mini-blinds over my desk, and the two in the bedroom are the largest.  We'll probably to the salon ones next, then finish with the bedroom ones.  By the time we finished with that task it was time to retire (for moi) to the 'lido deck' to watch another British Premier match between Tottenham and Chelsea....

.....Tottenham began the day as the last undefeated team out of the 20 Premier teams, and it began well for them with a goal in the first 10 minutes.  Then a second goal was scored....we thought...but it was called back for offsides.  That was the beginning of the end for Tottenham.  By the time the dust had settled at the end of the match Tottenham was playing with just 9 players due to 2 red cards, and lost 2-1.

By the time the match was over I had retreated to the cool confines of the salon as it was getting hot outside.....87° F was the high for the day, but is the beginning of a cooling trend for GNHS. By the end of the week it will be into the 70's where it will remain for for foreseeable future.

By 4:15 pm we were sitting in our 'viewing deck' chairs watching the Chocolate Mountains being lit up by the setting sun....

....I was able to catch the afterglow of the sunset.  From there we moved to the 'dining/game deck' to grill a filet mignon for dinner, which was followed by 6 games of Yahtzee.  TLE added a side salad, and mashed potatoes, as well as some Malbec wine to chase the tender filets....

....we each won 3 games of Yahtzee, so to break the tie we added up the scores from our six games....TLE edged me out by 14 points over 6 games.....so close, but no cigar for me...well, there was a cigar smoked, but you know what I mean.  By the time we headed inside for the night it was close to 8 pm.

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