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downtown traffic in such a big, industrious city. We made it through
without incident and continued on through the mountains, crossing a
corner of the state of Idaho as the highway turned more southerly.
We crossed another state line just before we drove through
expansive Salt Lake City, Utah. On an impulse, we pulled off on one of
the off- ramps and did a bit of touring. We had missed the turn for the
famous Mormon Tabernacle, so decided we would try to find it on
another trip. Back on the freeway, we enjoyed a view of much of the
city.
The city was soon behind us as the highway headed more
southwesterly. The scenery was breathtaking! The foothills were
expansive and reminded me of my home in northern Ontario. We finally
saw signs stating the mileage to Las Vegas, Nevada. The desert was
something I had not seen before and I was thrilled to see little
roadrunner birds speeding between cacti.
The cactus plants were of various types. Some tall as
mountain pines we had just passed, their arms lifted high, some short
as the ones we have in a flowerpot at home, small branches sprawling
along the ground. Some of them even had lovely flowers, some
pinkish, but most were shades of yellow. I used up most of the film I
had left
We expected Las Vegas to be a big city, but we didn't expect
so many lights. Someone told us later that some brochures describe it
as the city of lights. We found a motel with a vacancy sign and rented a
room. After freshening up, we went looking for a place to eat.
Everywhere we went there were small shops with souvenirs. Every
shop had at least one slot machine. The big casinos had huge slot
machines with large drums at their entrances. Joe had seen this before
and it didn't catch his attention at all, but I had to stop and watch as
someone dropped a handful of money into one and pulled on the huge
lever at the side. The drum turned and pictures blurred by but, when
the drum stopped, none of the pictures matched. I tried to figure the
odds of winning. They were pretty slim!
We went into one of the casinos and passed by hundreds of
smaller machines, and finally came to a restaurant entrance. We chose
the smorg section and finally had a full meal instead of the small
snacks we had been eating on the road. I got my fill of fruit.
We decided to limit our daily spending, so we wouldn't get
taken in by the glitz and glamour of the city and blow all our money. We
decided that because it was so late in the day already, that we would
only spend a few dollars each in the small machines on our way out of
the building and get back to the motel by eleven. That would give us
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| Rating | |
| Title | Write On! |
| Language | en |
| Date | 2004 |
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| Title | Page 82 |
| Language | en |
| Transcript | downtown traffic in such a big, industrious city. We made it through without incident and continued on through the mountains, crossing a corner of the state of Idaho as the highway turned more southerly. We crossed another state line just before we drove through expansive Salt Lake City, Utah. On an impulse, we pulled off on one of the off- ramps and did a bit of touring. We had missed the turn for the famous Mormon Tabernacle, so decided we would try to find it on another trip. Back on the freeway, we enjoyed a view of much of the city. The city was soon behind us as the highway headed more southwesterly. The scenery was breathtaking! The foothills were expansive and reminded me of my home in northern Ontario. We finally saw signs stating the mileage to Las Vegas, Nevada. The desert was something I had not seen before and I was thrilled to see little roadrunner birds speeding between cacti. The cactus plants were of various types. Some tall as mountain pines we had just passed, their arms lifted high, some short as the ones we have in a flowerpot at home, small branches sprawling along the ground. Some of them even had lovely flowers, some pinkish, but most were shades of yellow. I used up most of the film I had left We expected Las Vegas to be a big city, but we didn't expect so many lights. Someone told us later that some brochures describe it as the city of lights. We found a motel with a vacancy sign and rented a room. After freshening up, we went looking for a place to eat. Everywhere we went there were small shops with souvenirs. Every shop had at least one slot machine. The big casinos had huge slot machines with large drums at their entrances. Joe had seen this before and it didn't catch his attention at all, but I had to stop and watch as someone dropped a handful of money into one and pulled on the huge lever at the side. The drum turned and pictures blurred by but, when the drum stopped, none of the pictures matched. I tried to figure the odds of winning. They were pretty slim! We went into one of the casinos and passed by hundreds of smaller machines, and finally came to a restaurant entrance. We chose the smorg section and finally had a full meal instead of the small snacks we had been eating on the road. I got my fill of fruit. We decided to limit our daily spending, so we wouldn't get taken in by the glitz and glamour of the city and blow all our money. We decided that because it was so late in the day already, that we would only spend a few dollars each in the small machines on our way out of the building and get back to the motel by eleven. That would give us |
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