I Am NOT Crazy! :-)

Welcome to the Stratosphere Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas!
It is the tallest building in Vegas, towering more than 1000 feet
high at the very tip top. See that little pink/green lighted thing
dangling off the right side at the top? That's one of the rides we
rode last time there! :-)

Here's me standing out on the observation deck.
You can see the lighted Strip behind me in the distance
hundreds of feet below.

Here is the other ride we rode called the XScream! It was a bobsled two persons wide. It set on that bar you can vaguely see. After everyone was strapped in, the platform dropped away and there was nothing below you but street over 900 feet below! Then the bar extended and tilted down at an angle rapidly sliding the "bobsled" to the end of the bar where it jolted to a halt. You felt you were going to be flung off into the darkness like water droplets flicked off a towel! Aaaahh! That will make you quiver! It was great! :-) Another of my great life experiences.

Bellagio Fountains

This pic was taken by one of my military buddies...thanks Miller!

After a grueling week I am very happy to have a moment just to blog. This past week was very hectic! In fact, I am happy to be back in school this week to slow down a little! :-)

As I continue posting about my life experiences, I realize that this post is not about Okinawa...I will have to come back to that. Some of my pictures did not transfer. I will have to retry. Thus, I am going to another memory at random.

Above you see a picture of part of the night time fountain show in front of the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. Several times I stayed in Vegas while TDY (Temporary Duty/Deployment) to Nellis AFB in Nevada. While I don't drink, dance, gamble, or frequent the strip clubs that everyone thinks of in relation to Vegas, I did enjoy sightseeing downtown. The Bellagio Casino has a world-renowned fountain/light show in front of it every fifteen minutes after dark until 2200 or 2300 every night. Several hundred lighted, moving fountains dance to music and shoot over 100 feet into the air. I made a point to go see them every time I visited Vegas. It is very beautiful...if this is what men can do, imagine what Heaven will be like!