Our town is really pretty unusual. There are about 40,000 people but they are spread across a valley that is almost 300 square miles. That makes for lots of open space as I'm sure you've seen in some of the photos I've posted. The 'downtown' is five or six blocks long with little bits here and there that are kind of on their own. The people are predominantly pretty right wing. My wife and I registered as Republicans so we could have a vote on our local lawmakers; the Democratic (or Independent) candidate doesn't stand much of a chance. Open carry of firearms is legal in Nevada and you will usually see two or three people carrying firearms if you visit the grocery store. Officially it is an unincorporated town and the town board was dissolved a few years ago so we only have a county government. The county seat is in another, much smaller, unincorporated town that is about 170 miles north of us. Much of the county is taken up by the Nevada National Security Site where a lot of nuclear tests were conducted.
One of the attractions here is ballooning. Las Vegas used to have a company offering balloon rides but running balloon rides in an urban environment wasn't working out so they moved here. There is also a locally owned ballooning company. Once a year we even have a Balloon Festival and that was just last weekend. Unfortunately it was quite windy this year so even though there were lots of balloons around they weren't flying! However, yesterday was nice and quiet and I saw this guy.
If you think it sounds cool here; you're wrong!
That was on April 30 and 99F is 37C. Oh my, it might just be getting to shorts and tee shirt weather.
Thanks for stopping by. Keep washing those hands and wearing those masks.
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