L~O~V~E or Should I say V~E~G~A~S

I am just going to start saying "I Vegas You!!" Actually if I ever say that to you, you should come to tears, knowing that really there is no higher emotion I could ever have for you!! :)

Jana is completely right, Las Vegas is my Mecca and of course I owe it all to her. She has given me the best gift anyone could have given me, (well besides God, for giving me Jaden, and my mother for giving me life) ok so the third best gift anyone could have ever given me!

Someday Vegas, it runs through my head on a daily basis, it's what gets me through the day. The thought that I share this world with a place called Las Vegas, Nevada. Home of the Cirque Du Soleil, the only train depot located inside a hotel/casino, Hart & Huntington Tattoo Shop, the TI Sirens, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, and of course all the gorgeous, breath taking, luxurious hotels & casinos, that when put all together, bring the entire world to your feet! My step-dad once asked me what it was about Vegas that I loved so much. Without even thinking about it, my answer was because Vegas doesn’t care who you are. Anyone and everyone can go there, do what they want, be who they want, and Vegas is the only place where they just mesh with everyone else. People are there for a specific reason, to have a good time, for work, to become a star, TO GET MARRIED!, or whatever, they’re not there to look at or even judge the person that is standing so close to them in the busy streets that you could hold their hand.

I love the sites, the sounds, the smells, the history! Many believe it was originally founded by the Mob but really, the idea of Las Vegas was started long before then. If anyone needs to be thanked for this amazing gift called Las Vegas (translation=”The meadows”) it would be 1905 Montana Senator Williams Andrew Clark, he was the owner of the San Pedro, Las Angeles, & Salt Lake Railroads. He auctioned off 1200 lots in one day which became “Glitter Gulch”, which is now known as Freemont Street! The original Las Vegas strip! Although the casinos and hotels on Freemont are ancient and don’t hold a candle to “The Strip”, it is the home of The Freemont Street Experience, a place that is often seen in the television show CSI! Another man I should mention before I end this blog that has now turned into a written report on Vegas, is Phil Tobin. He was a North Nevada rancher that did not believe in gambling or had ever been to Las Vegas, but was the one that wrote up the bill to legalize gambling in Nevada. He did it for the public schools. 43% of Nevada’s general funding is from gambling, 34% of that goes to public schools!

I could keep going! This was fun to me! Sorry if it bored you! This isn’t really the route I was going when I started this… Originally it was just a comment on my sister’s blog, then it turned into a blog of my own and now a quick history lesson on Las Vegas! But, I think I may have gotten my point across, or Jana’s anyway! I love Vegas. I joke about moving there but really I know I probably never will. Everyone tells me I wouldn’t love it as much if I did, I think they are wrong, really I don’t believe there is anything that could make me feel any different for that place!

Las Vegas, I Vegas you!!!!