MY FEET ARE SORE !!! WE WALKED THE STRIP,THE WHOLE FIVE MILES PLUS -FROM THE MGM RIGHT DOWN TO FREMONT STREET!! ARE WE MAD OR WHAT-IT WAS 97 DEGREES OUT THERE,WE DID KEEP STOPPING THOUGH,THING IS WE GOT SO FAR.AS YOU DO,THAT IT BECAME MORE OF A MISSION THAN A STROLL.WE DID GET TO SEE THE LIITLE WHITE CHAPEL OF LOVE ,WHERE ELVIS WILL HELP YOU TIE THE KNOT (179)(180)(181)YES MA'AM HE SURELY WILL ! AND THE CASINOS KEPT ON APPEARING...THE MIRAGE(182)THE VENETIAN(183)THE PALLAZO(184)-THE STRETCH LIMO THAT'S DRIVING IN THERE ACTUALLY STOPPED AND ASKED IF HE COULD GIVE US A RIDE,BUT WE REFUSED-WE ARE REAL WALKERS..!!! THEN CAME THE STRATOSPHERE(185)WHERE, IF YOU STAY AT THE HOTEL ,YOU GET A FREE RIDE TO THE TOWER AT THE TOP,IF YOU ARE A VISITOR -IT'S 18 DOLLARS-WE KEPT ON WALKING.THEN AROUND WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN SIX OR SEVEN HOURS LATER(WELL IT SEEMED LIKE THAT) WE CAME TO DOWNTOWN VEGAS AND FREMONT STREET,TOOK A FEW MORE SNAPS -JUST TO PROVE WE MADE IT...THE FREMONT(186) AND THE FAMOUS GOLDEN NUGGET(187)(188) HAD A DRINK IN THERE AND CONSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED ON THE BAR STOOL,HAD A MINUTE OR TWO THEN CAUGHT THE BUS BACK,WIMPS I KNOW,BUT AT LEAST WE LIVE TO TELL THE TALE,AROUND THE HOTEL TOMORROW,SO MIGHT EVEN GET SOME POOL THERAPY GOING...

FOOTNOTE;IF THE FOUNTAIN AT CEASERS PALACE(189)HAD OBLIGED AND BEEN AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE LAS VEGAS MARATHON, I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN IT.