Blustery Day

We ventured out only a couple of times today. The weather was inhospitable, to say the least. We didn't get any of the predicted possible snow, but we did feel wind driven ice particles hitting our faces at times. We didn't see anyone else outdoors except for one neighbor who decided to leave this afternoon.

We looked at some of our travel options today and decided to stay at Abiquiu an extra four days, through May 6. That will mean changing sites, since our wonderful site has been reserved by someone else for next weekend. Our current plan is to move Tuesday to an open walk-up site, we hope. We talked with campground hosts Venka and Harry today. They'll be going off duty at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow but promised to leave a note about our plans for Bob and Judy, the alternate hosts who will take over tomorrow for a week.

We spent some time today looking at information about potential Medicare Plan D prescription drug plans. It's a frustrating proposition and looks like our out of pocket costs will be much higher than with our current group plan through Northrop Grumman.

We finished watching last week's episode of Cosmos, The Clean Room, and watched this week's episode, Sisters of the Sun. As usual, the episodes are inspiring. They are a mix of astrophysics and science history, with this week's episode highlighting the important contributions of two women astronomers, Annie Jump Cannon and Cecilia Payne. Tyson comments that the viewers probably haven't heard of these two remarkable women and quips, "Wonder why." The series has provided a balance between showing how science works and the history of advances in astronomy and on the other hand showing how personalities and vested interests have subverted the scientific enterprise.

Ken disconnected the water hose tonight in preparation for a predicted hard freeze. If the weather forecast remains as it is now, he will be doing that for the next four nights too.