Shattered repose....

6:58 am - Friday - January 12th - GNHS - 40° F, humidity 61%, wind 3 mph out of the north by northwest.....crystal clear, blue sunny skies today with a forecast high of 59° F.  On this date in 2016 TLE and I were staying at the Elks Lodge in Indio for a few days.....↴ 

Alas, Thursday began as another day of repose for TLE and I, and then, without warning,  the winds  began to blow out of the north like a hurricane at 8 am as if someone had just casually flipped a switch to the 'ON' position. We had to immediately spring into action to lower the sail shades, umbrellas, the dining canopy, and then remove the fabric from the metal framework of said dining canopy.  Within 7, or 8 minutes everything was secure, and we scurried back into the warm confines of the Newell salon.  The wind event lasted just 5-6 hours before abating around 2 pm....one of our shorter wind events, but it pretty much scuttled any plans I had for projects involving me being outdoors, and most certainly for any plans I had of taking another soak.  I guess we should be grateful the proverbial switch was not flipped at 3 am, instead of 8 am when we were already awake.  Even without the two wind events this week it has been a little breezy, and chilly most days, so I've only had one soak in the last week.

I did, however, dress warmly, steel myself against the north wind, and take a solo 2 mile out and back walk down Mineral Hot Spa Road around 11 am.  Upon return I did my toning workout, then retired once again to the warm, non windy confines of the Newell salon until around 3 pm when I took another solo 1 mile out and back walk.  I averaged 3.5 mph on the 2 mile walk, and 3.3 mph on the 1 mile walk.  By the time I took the final 1 mile walk the winds had abated considerably, and it was much more pleasant.  TLE does not enjoy walking in the wind so she utilized her portable 'stair stepper' in the kitchen for her morning workout.

Looking west on Mineral Hot Spa Road....you can just see the Salton Sea in the distance

The large water tank which supplies fresh water to GNHS

We do have RZR bookings Friday for one all day rental, two all day rentals on Saturday, and 1 all day rental on Sunday, so we will be somewhat busy the next three days, with the possibility of walkup business.  The park is only moderately busy this weekend, so we'll see how that goes.

I did manage to get outside around 5 pm for the latest Chocolate Mountains/sunset pictures....

.....very subtle, but worth memorializing.  The sun is setting around 4:57 pm now, so the daylight portion of our days is getting longer day by day since we passed the winter solstice a few weeks ago.

Thanks for stopping by!