Pahrump
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Seven years in Pahrump this month and we have settled in nicely. We are used to all the quirks of the town, we still hate the town council, we don't gamble anymore because you just can't win ANYWHERE here. There are three large casinos that we used to go to, The Nugget, Terrible's Town and Saddle West. Maybe it's just use but we just can't win. People all around us may be hitting stuff, we've seen a guy with over a grand on his penny machine, another lady played the machine I just walked away from and was up to six hundred in no time but can we win a buck? Not even. So, we just stopped gambling. Sure gives us a bunch of money for other things like shopping, food, cigarettes and cat food.
There has been some excitement in or area lately. Just last week-end, three houses down from us a man held his wife hostage, she got away from him and as the cops got there, he shot himself in the head but it didn't kill him. At least not right off and we have no idea what happened to him since both of the town newspapers don't report any news what so ever.
The junk yard house kitty corner from use caught fire a couple weeks ago and burned for a while. Unfortunately it didn't burn everything up but the county is hauling all the crap away so we are finally getting rid of one eye sore.
The economy is just as bad here as it is every where else and this is a town full of lower income people to begin with. We now fall into that category, too. But there's still nothing like sitting outside around sunset and watching the sky turn the most beautiful shades of blue, purple and red that we've ever seen. We feed the Jack's and Cottontails that come right up to us for food, we take the cat for a walk around our property every night and she sits out with us to watch the bats and night swallows every night. It's a peaceful interlude to our daily survival that drives us crazy every day. All hail Pahrump!
Labels: Seven Years and Counting
