Decompressing......

 7:41 am - Wednesday - October 14th - Sportsman's Beach, Walker Lake, NV - 40° F, humidity 30%, cloud cover 2%, wind 8 mph out of the north by northeast.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 69° F.  On this date in 2021 TLE, our Newell and I were on the Clinton/Mukilteo Ferry..... 

........at the south end of Whidbey Island, WA...headed towards Seattle, then south on I-5 to I-90, then east to US-395 then south on the 'Mother Road'.  The view this morning.....

When we arrived at Sportsman's Beach Sunday afternoon it was getting cloudy, and Monday was totally cloudy all day, so Tuesday, when we awoke to clear, blue skies it  was like we were in a different place....

A little snow on the local mountains on the west side of US-95

.....in spite of the sunny skies it was just 38° F at 7:44 am, and really didn't get over 50° F until after 1 pm.  In spite of the cold temp I was outside servicing the Newell, and Kohler 7.5 kw generator.  I haven't had to add oil to the 6v92 since last April in Bishop, CA on our way north for our 5th summer at LPG&RVR, and I haven't added coolant for at least 2 years.  The Detroit Diesel was down just 2 quarts of oil (holds 22), and the large, rear facing radiator was about 1/2 gallon of coolant low (holds 24 gallons).  The Kohler was about 1/2 quart low on oil, and about a third of a gallon low on coolant.  Other than walking down to the local dumpster to dispose of our trash for the past 4 days that was the extent of my outdoor activity.

TLE and I spent most of the day reading, and for me at least one big nap.  I've had several great naps since we arrived here at Walker Lake, and that is exactly why we wanted to stay here and spend 3 days doing nothing except decompressing from a summer of four day work weeks.  Of course, there will be work in our future, but on our schedule, and just a few hours a day, winter weather allowing.  

Speaking of weather forecasts, the long range forecast for this winter will be El Niño conditions, which I believe means we'll have more precipitation in the southwest.  The El Niño conditions tend to strengthen the southern rain track, which means more snow at the higher elevations in Arizona (where we will be), Utah, and New Mexico, and the current conditions support much higher than normal precipitation in these states.  We will see how that forecast plays out this winter.  I've already seen reports of snow in the mountains above Flagstaff, and we actually had snow in the local mountains here at Walker Lake.

TLE made tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner, which is a perfect cold day meal.  For our evening entertainment we watched last week's Survivor and Amazing Race episodes, and were in bed by 9:30 pm.  It was a perfect decompression day!

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