Sunday, August 28, 2005

Day Seven: Grand Canyon to Las Vegas. 120 miles.


"The Lord Jesus shall be revealed in flaming fire, taking vengeance on those who do not follow His Word and do not obey the gospel."

This proclaimed on a ten-foot sign held up by a wild-eyed disheveled woman with long black hair in the middle of the madness on Fremont St. in Vegas. Then the world´s largest TV - three city blocks long - ignited above our heads with dancing showgirls and huge rolling dice, the hourly promo show on the roof of the strip. Overwhelmed by our first encounter with Lost Wages and its lost souls, coming from the sanctity of the Grand Canyon to this orgy of indulgence and desperation. We stuck to our hotel, the Lady Luck, and gambled slightly, she on 5 cent slot mahcines and me at blackjack.

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