The Wandering Minstrel

It’s just as I predicted - drivers in California are ignoring the anti-texting law that went into effect January 1st. The better half snapped this in traffic yesterday . . .

This seems appropriate . . .

I resolved to get on the treadmill and find out if those little chest pains I get once in a while are anything serious.

Mission accomplished - today I went and got a Cardiac Stress Test.

A cardiac stress test is a medical test that indirectly reflects arterial blood flow to the heart during physical exercise. When compared to blood flow during rest, the test reflects imbalances of blood flow to the heart’s left ventricular muscle tissue – the part of the heart that performs the greatest amount of work pumping blood.

The results may also be interpreted as a reflection on a person’s overall physical fitness.

My results: Normal beat - no arrhythmia, regular intervals up to 155 BPM. I’m mildly deconditioned for my age bracket. All else perfectly normal.

New Years Resolution #2: Resume the jogging three or four times a week for a mile or so.

Oh look! Right here in the remote desert of Nevada, you can get a bath and massage at Madam Butterfly’s or visit Mabel’s to relax at the Cherry Patch Ranch.

Nevada is known for gambling and bordellos - more the former and less the latter, these days.

I think they must have named this area in Joshua Tree National Park after one of Mickey Mantle’s organs.

Union Pacific Locomotive seen in Banning Pass, near Palm Springs, California.

Heading out to Arizona in the morning.