The 8 minute commute (Jan 6th)

A - My apartment
B - HSBC Las Vegas

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hile there are many benefits of my new job, one of the most notable is the daily commute (or lack of).  Ah, yes...traffic!, one of the reasons there are so many California refugees like myself living in Las Vegas.

According to Yahoo Maps, the distance from my apartment to the HSBC campus is 5.4 miles with an estimated travel time of 9 minutes (it's more like 8 minutes).  I already live in a semi-rural setting on the western edge of most maps of Las Vegas.  To go to work, I travel northwest and even further away from the city center.  Not only are there few cars on the road, but the roads themselves are new and wide and built to accomodating the city's eventual westwardly sprawl.

Along the way to work, there are also great desert scenery to admire!  In the western landscape are mountains of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (image below) named after massive red sedimentary stuff (sorry, don't know the official geological term).  They look close because they are.  Once my work schedule stabilizes, I will take up hiking again so I can shed weight and not lose my wager (see my Jan 2th entry).  It should only be a 10 minute drive to be inside the Conservation and away from civilization.

Two more minutes before arriving at the HSBC parking lot.