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| Las Vegas at night...a floral of lights in the dark desert meadow |
As we came across the top of the mountain and into the Vegas valley that stretched below like a blanket of tiny lights, the last tinge of red, deep orange and purple sky shimmered in the distance. It was Saturday night, it was a busy Saturday night in Las Vegas and though this is a city of motel and hotel rooms, we found it difficult to score a decent place for a reasonable rate. We finally got a decent room on Fremont street, towards the empty end of the famous Vegas Strip, it was cheap and available because it was in a construction zone. They were erecting this huge new attraction called “The Fremont Street Experience”, they were almost done but the massive sidewalk canopy was a mess so the hotel gave us a great deal.
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| The Freemont Street Experience, Las Vegas... |
We checked in, quickly washed away the road grime, ate a bit of food, got dressed and then, before leaving the room, I held a tiny red gel cap of pure LSD. I had been given this powerful dose during The Deadhead on Parade event from a kid who I let in for free because I knew his mom from back in the day, he was family, I had to be the helpful friendly guy. In the morning, after the kid had a golden slumber in a quiet corner and washed himself up, I let him use the phone to call home. When he hung up the shaggy haired kid turned to me, “Here, my friend...” he smiled his 19 year old smile and handed me the acid, “My mom says high!”
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| On LSD In Love... |
“So is this good stuff?” Kelly asked as she pinched the half I tore for her, “What's this stuff, plastic?”
“It's a gel cap, like the caps for Tylenol, the little caplet that contains the medicine?” I held it up to the light, “You use gel caps, or something very light, for really good LSD. Next to liquid, a gel cap or sugar cube is best.”
“So, like, you just trust this kid?” Kelly was apprehensive, she had a few bad trips in the past and Nils was not a very good acid-head, “I mean, I don't know but Vegas seems like a pretty crazy place already!”
“Yep, nothing like Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas!” I laughed, stuck out my tongue and placed the caplet on my little pink tip, “Trust me, it's good, I'm an excellent tour guide for people taking magical trips, it's all good, Kelly...I Love You, I won't let anything bad happen, I promise.”
“Okay then,” she smiled, slipped the gel cap between her sweetly perched lips and giggled, “Here goes nothing!”
“Exactly, it's nothing...” I held her hand as we walked out into the warm desert evening, “Yet, it's everything!”
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| The Las Vegas Strip to The Luxor Hotel... |
We began our trek from hotel casino to hotel casino, starting at Fremont Street and heading south towards the infamous strip. Along the way we stumbled into a strip mall with “The World's Largest Gift Shop” and while we browsed the trinkets of stuff, the acid started to take effect. I remember Kelly looked at me, she was eyeballing some beautiful hand-made Native rings in a case, her eyes sparkled brighter than the silver inside the jewelry case as I ambled towards her, I chuckled and suggested we come back to this place another time, maybe tomorrow. Kelly agreed as she grabbed my hand and dashed across the street into the first casino she could find. I followed her closely but stopped when we came to a cash exchange cage near the door. I bought a $2 roll of nickels, handed it to Kelly and she played her heart out on the first set of nickel slots we came upon. She won too, she more than doubled our winnings so we had to get a little popcorn sized bucket to carry all our nickels.
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| The Midway inside Circus-Circus... |
We zig-zag across the strip again, this time darting into the infamous “Circus Circus” casino, where there was a perpetual circus going on all around all the time. There were clowns and mimes, trapeze artists flying overhead, a ring master with a top hat and whip all while various people from all over the world, all different cultures and styles, mixed and mingled getting drunk and losing money but laughing and having a good time with it all. Kelly and I snaked our way through the mash and maze of drunk humanity until we emerged out the other end only to again zip across the strip and into another air conditioned, oxygen infused weird environment.
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| Sunrise in Las Vegas... |
We’d play nothing but nickel slot machines, we drank water and juice, we had endless energy all night long and at the last venue, The Luxor Hotel, we emerged from the neon dark casino into the newly dawning morning light, we reacted like vampires, hissing at the sun.
The acid, still flowing through our veins, was far less intense. I needed to come down, Kelly needed to come down and the best remedy for that was the weed we had back at the hotel. We grabbed a cab to spirit us back up the strip and once we were back in our room, the door double locked, the curtains drawn tight, we shared a fat joint, made passionate love and fell into a deep, restful sleep.
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This excerpt from "My BiPolar Reality; How Life Goes On..." is from Chapter Three (Handle with Care) and is a true story about my wife and I having a psychedelic adventure in Las Vegas on the night before we wed! It was 20 years ago tonight this event took place and I thought it was a good excerpt to showcase. Although my first choice to honor this blessed event was to relive it with another trippy adventure in Las Vegas with my baby, the kids objected so we can't take off...instead we're sipping wine, sharing some weed and dreaming together under California stars.
Tomorrow I will feature "part two" of this adventure, the next day when we got married...until then, my friends I do hope you've enjoyed this short blurb and hope you'll invest a few buck to buy my book...you can find it on amazon, at your local bookstore or for 50% OFF (save $10) at my website ONLY:
I'll be around all day more or less, so if you're inclined catch up with me and let's dialogue...otherwise simply take good care of you and yours, always enjoy excellent health and please, be very safe out there!
Peace,
d'Philip
15 July 2015
The San Joaquin Valley
Republic of California
Earth
