Saturday, October 24, 2009

Leaving Las Vegas

Fasten your seat belts. Another takeoff from Sin City. Leaving Las Vegas. To Rochester. To Moline. To Des Moines. A jackpot, black jack,a hard six will bring you back to this special city.

As you fly over the western side of Las Vegas, a vast area of sparse development is seen. All of this is land Howard Hughes bought after the Pearl Harbor attack in case the West Coast would be the next Axis target in the 40's.

The Vegas land was called "Summerlin". This was his Grandmother's maiden name.

We live in Summerlin, thanks to Howard Hughes.

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