This week has been positively hellacious. I'm thrilled it's nearly over. I can't remember the last time I anticipated a weekend, with no real plans, more. I am happy to report Mother Nature is back on her meds (she sure was bipolar there for awhile). We've had fairly normal temps for a week now. Yesterday was our first 100-degree day of the year. Triple digits are here, summer has arrived. We've had the solar cover on the pool all week, the water temperature was up to 80 last night. I think I may finally get in there this weekend. This has been the longest winter since I've lived in Vegas, I've never had to wait until June to kick off pool season.
I'm so ready for lazy days by the pool and warm summer nights. I absolutely love desert nights in the summer. No chill, no mosquitos, in fact it's so comfortable you'll be left to wonder, am I really outside? I'm a nut I even love the way the heat lingers in parking garages and overpasses. It's just as great as experiencing the air temp cool from a Bellagio Fountain show or noticing the difference when going by a lush area with grass and greenery. It's really amazing how a little moisture can cool you, but a lot will leave you sweltering.
The other night we just had to get out. I tasted the summer air and wanted more. We took out the Trans Am and cruised. We drove and drove, it was care-free and wonderful. It was just what I craved. We made a stop at Skyline Casino, an old favorite haunt of ours. We miss the way it was, but still we enjoy going back to spark old memories and get a feel for how things used to be. We had the best time on these old coin-only quarter draw poker machines. Every time you won, quarters would fall. There is something so much more lively about coming in contact with your money. Hence, my love/hate relationship with Ticket-in-Ticket-out. I miss the clang of the coins falling, but I don't miss the filthy hands. Our were mighty dirty by the time we lost our 25 bucks. After the step back in time, we cruised back home. I've been left lusting for more desert summer air ever since. With any luck I'll get my fill this weekend.
2 comments:
Dammit, it's 58 degrees here in upstate New York! I, too, love the Vegas summer nights and how the air heats up your skin as you walk out of an air-conditioned casino. Love it! I never complain about the heat--all I have to do is remember Albany in January.
Memories of those brutal winters with ice and snow leave me begging for desert heat, too.
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