The Final Countdown

Lot of things I can associate with the final countdown... This post is only for the last leg of my vacation :) its a different altogether that i chose to post this near the end of 2007 and can link countdowns to many other things in life ;)

Coming back to the vacation..my last lap was in St Louis.. was in time to even catch the July 4(US independence day) fireworks.
Now the fireworks is the most beautiful thing to see on July 4th,apart from the throwaway prices on practically anything at the malls ;)
I could have shopped for life in the US.. just that u ought to know when the best sales are on and where ;)

Well the fireworks, beautifully choreographed(who thought u could choreograph only dances!!!!) happen on the river front..
The entire city..gathers around the river front to witness this spectacular event.
We went about an hour and a half before the event and trust me it took us an hour and a half just to find parking and walk upto the place from where we can see the fireworks.
Wish i could put the video of the fireworks and music here.. the pictures are not that spectacular.
Till that show.. i had seen such fireworks only on the new year programmes on TV.. every year..I see Sydney fireworks, London fireworks on TV... but a live fireworks show was OMG!!

Incidentally there was a baseball match on the same day and the entire city was pitching for the Cardinals..so it was double reason for everyone to be out of their homes..:)

The next evening i went to a Casino [Vegas is the place for casinos..on another vacation perhaps (wink)].. the first time i'd ever stepped into a casino.. After a lot of verification for age proof (Legally one has to be 24 to enter a Casino there) , I got a membership card.. Every time i bet i must swipe the card, purpose it theres a limit on each card.. no one can lose more than "n" dollars in a day.SO each time i win or lose, its logged in the card.
I played blackjack and the coin machine game.. Won some lost some... I decided to stop where i lost anything more than $50 :)

The next evening was a round of Mini golf (also called Put-Put golf).. again first time i even held golf clubs...but Mini golf is very interesting..one needn't be a pro or anything.. just time and swing the club with a little practice.

Obviously ur wondering what happens during the day.. Aah, now thats a check i have to see if u've been following all the vacation blogs properly :) kidding...:) remember i have a sweet lil niece to play with all day... so daytime were earmarked for "playtime" :)

A little more shopping.. on the last day (Loved the footwear there and bought..uuuuhhh several pairs of them back home ;)) and ot was time to go back to India...

Finito to the great time I had there..

Sometime s i wish i could rollback into time.. or hope that sometimes last forever...

But then reality stares hard at my face and says... dodo.. vacations are meant to end ;)

Hope to have many more vacations full of exploring new cultures, new terrains, new lands...