My view of the world

I’m going to Laughlin for the next three days. Yes, I said Laughlin, Hell was booked up.

I haven’t been to Laughlin while I was sober, in probably 15 years. I used to go to the river run and party, but now they give you a jaywalking citation for hanging your toes over the edge of the curb. Their excuse is the trouble they had between the Mongols and the Angels. Sorry guys, but all the BS tickets and arrests in the world wouldn’t have even slowed that down.
On the other hand it’s a great way for the gestapo, excuse me, I mean those fine upstanding members of law enforcement, to maintain the peace, while generating a huge cash flow.
It’s strange, Sturgis is a small town, and they handle hundreds of thousands of bikers every year without turning into a bunch of goosestepping goons, the same applies to Daytona.
No matter, I go to the “Fuck Laughlin” run instead.

This year I think I’ll just wander around with my camera and a small note pad. I probably won’t come back with anything interesting, but you never know.
The trouble with being from Las Vegas is that we’re rather jaded and our automatic response to Laughlin, is that we’d rather be in Mesquite, it’s cooler and they have trees.
As is, I’m expecting an hour or so of conversation with a couple of relatives I happen to like and don’t get to see very often, followed by three days of unmitigated boredom. I wonder how many movies I can watch in three days?

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