This was Memorial Day at one of the beaches on Lake Mead. The RV Park is about 3/4 mi walk from here. It was a nice day, the temp was only low 90’s. Today, it will get to 110 F = 43 C.

I went from warm in La Vegas to “hot” at Lake Mead. Actually today is also hot in Las Vegas. Over night summer heat came, the temp increased around 13 F. Here at lake Mead it will be over 105 F for the next 5 0r 6 days.

Have been hanging out in the desert for 3 months: La Quinta and Indio in CA, Needles in AZ, Las Vegas and now Lake Mead in NV. Next will be the Grand Canyon.

At Lake Mead there is not much to do, unless you are into water sports, that is, you need a boat or personal water craft, or you just enjoy camping in the heat. Of course you can bike and hike. They have here a great paved bike path called the River Mountain Loop trail. But this time of the year, to bike or hike this path you need to be done by 9:00 am, because the temps are in the low 90’s by then and going higher fast.

Today I did a short ride, started at 6:00 am and finished at 8:00 am, the temp was 88 then. Sandra was right, I should have started at 5:00 am.