Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 17:37:19 EDT From: Writeonjay@aol.com Subject: Good Trip Part 1 Having finally escaped after five years of grinding away at so-called 'higher education',and not needing to jump right into a job to pay bills thanks to a small inheritance from my grandfather,I bought a used,but,well taken-care of Motor-home.At 32 feet long it was not a luxurey model,but very comfortable, and easiley able to tow my 'Beetle' behind it.I felt it was time to see some of the places I had always heard of,and perhaps,meet someone to share the experiance with.Maybe all the stories I had read,and heard,about the open road weren't true,but,I was going to find out for myself. I kept my two bedroom apartment in West Hollywood to come home to,and headed up I-15 for Las Vegas.Of course,the first thing I did was miss an interchange,and found myself going east on I-40,but, a quick glance at a road-map told me that,sure enough,all roads DID lead to 'Vegas,so I went on almost to Needles,Ca.,and turned off on a State road that would get me there. By this time it was late afternoon,and I was finding out it was much more tireing to drive an RV than a VW,so,when just after crossing into Nevada,I saw a Casino with an RV park alongside,I decided to pull in,and relax for the night. After registering,and being assignd a spot,I parked,and set-up for the night.Leaving the AC.on to cool the rig down,I wandered over to the main Hotel/Casino to look over the action.Being near the Nevada/California line it was a medium size,with a gameing area that was only about half full,(or half empty).It is interesting how when people are gambleing,they are so concentrated on their own little space they not aware of anyone,or anything,else. I wandered on to the pool area,and was pleasently suprised to find a large pool full of young people splashing,and thrashing about. Sorting out all the bodies moving around was fairly easy after I realized they were all teen age boys,wearing everything from baggy shorts to Speedos.Picking out a lounge chair that gave me an all around view of a variety of young,mostly hairless,nearly naked young kids I sat back to enjoy the sight for a few minutes.Although I was ony a few years older than most of the guys in the pool.I was fully dressed, (shirt, shorts, shoes, socks), and knew I would probably draw attention to myself if I hung around too long,but,the sight was so great,I just had to stay for ten minutes,or so.