{"id":112783,"date":"2024-11-14T14:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T18:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=112783"},"modified":"2024-11-15T21:33:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T01:33:15","slug":"thursday-night-altitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2024\/11\/14\/thursday-night-altitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday night – altitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today we\u00a0 lft utah and headed to Las Vegas on out way to Portland .\u00a0 \u00a0We woke early, finished packing the house, took one last soak in the hot tub.. then headed west .\u00a0

We’ve really loved being here.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THe drive down from Duck Creek Village UT to Las Vegas was about 3.5 hours.. It took us through soem amazing countryside.. The peak of the road was near the beginning at a feet under 10,000 feet above see level..and drove down to about 2000 feet in Las Vega.. That involved driving from two very different geological regions\u00a0 Colorado Plateau into the Great Basin\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Once we crossed the Hurricane Fault at\u00a0 Ceder city, the scenery changed immediately from mountains to desert planes.\u00a0

We were listening to an audio book. : “The Revenge of the Tipping Point”.<\/a> by Malcom Gladwell. Its him revisiting the messages in his 1999 best seller “The TIpping Point”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both books talk about how little things can make a big difference.\u00a0 Gladwell\u00a0 talks about how\u00a0 public opinion can\u00a0 shift suddenly based on the influence of a very few. He talks about some tough topics.: teen suicide, thow the covid pandemic spread , how we talk about the Holocost,\u00a0 and public views on gay marrieage.. Heavy stuff.. but he’s such a great storyteller.. We’re enjoying the book . Gladwell\u00a0 a great storyteller.\u00a0 Hs message on what makes public opinion is really interestign in these mixed=up times.\u00a0

We got to Vegas about 11..\u00a0 Being here always reminds me of this scene in the Big Lebowski…with Bunny Lebowskie singing ‘viva las vegas’ completely off tune



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