Drawn Like A Moth To Vegas

Left: Preparing to dive off the Colorado Plateau into the Colorado Desert.

Left: heading towards Laughlin, NV, and the mountains west of Kingman, AZ.

Left: Union Pass, and the vertiginous pediment leading to the Colorado River.

Left: Laughlin, NV.

Left: The waterfront at Laughlin.

Left: Academic excellence (or its equivalent) at UNLV.

Left: Heading west on Flamingo, towards the Strip.

Left: The Palms Hotel.

Left: The Rio.


Brief visit to Vegas. Win at Gold Coast ($29.50) Loss at the Palms ($159.50). Net loss: $130.

By the end, even though it was 8:00 p.m. - a reasonable time and place to stay the night - I felt the place was very alluring and dangerous to one such as myself. I HAD to escape, so I fled alone into the night, across the desert.....