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Originally Posted by AWCHIEF
Jimmy Buffett says that some of his songs are true and some of them are not. I get the impression that applies to Ray's tales. ��
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The two of us spent too much time working the Military Paper Shuffle! Not everyone understands that. But we do. Spent several months as a Morning Reports Clerk and promoted myself in the process. Creativity at best.
Two years should be a minimum requirement for all US Citizens to build confidence and sense of Duty to Country in the military. My time in the Army made me independent and capable of spinning a yarn by adding some adjectives and humor painting a mental picture we all can connect with.
Everything is true as much as the facts can support my statements...
Posted by: FreshAirStmr
So, it begs the question, Ray -- _why_ were you there and _why_ did it take several days before you left? Your time is your own, is it not?
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Well... this would be a story in itself. There is more going on concerning this "adventure" than the hot weather and being camped at a Lake Meade "lobster pot" Jimmy Buffet gathering.
Driving about 100 miles north of the Las Vegas Valley there is a distinct and dramatic "climate change" as one example. Another is the ski resort to the west of Las Vegas... It is much cooler and dryer once you are above 5,000 feet elevation. Same with much of New Mexico, Utah and Arizona at elevation.
We live 40 miles south of Denver and our temperature/humidity is cooler and drier. Denver at 5200 feet and we are at 6500 feet elevation. Everyone watches Phoenix weather reports and thinks the entire state is HOT and go to Glacier Park in Montana to cool off. Not necessary.
Not so. Same with Las Vegas, NV, Moab, UT and Sedona, AZ. The secret is knowing WHERE to go when the weather turns hot. You can go to the La Sal Mountains and breath cooler air not far away from the sweltering heat of Moab, UT. From Sedona, AZ you will find the area around Flagstaff, AZ refreshing. Lake Meade and Las Vegas, NV you can go to Boulder City, NV just 500 feet higher and notice a difference.
Just because there are not green lush prairies, does not mean it is HOT and sterile. It is ARID. Add water and you would have farms like those scattered in the cooler, higher irrigated valleys of eastern Utah.
Check out Phoenix... add Colorado River water and there is this huge building boom. Same with Tucson, AZ.
"Take a Geologist and add a Hydrologist and you can build an empire from the desert." A quote I just made up.
If it were not for Air Conditioning and swamp coolers, the USA would find an immediate population shift. Lucky for we Airstream owners, or SOB with wheels, we can move with the Seasons at will. Eventually some of us find a sweet spot. This year it will be Quemado, NM in July... in New Mexico... in the Forest and at 7600 feet, that everyone will find comfortable sleeping weather. Maybe a bit chilly by morning!
Sometimes, like Death Valley, CA which is neither comfortable in the Winter nor the Summer during the day, find people like us visiting. Not because of the unpleasant climate, but because... it is there. The NORTH rim of the Grand Canyon is an absolutely wonderful Summer location for great weather, but... not as accessible. But some of us, Crazy Jug Point as an example... know the secret places that the average tourist fear to attempt.
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