I left Santa Barbara, California after going to SBCC (Santa Barbara City College) after a wonderful 2-year program to get my AA Degree in Acting & Directing. A total of 3 years. Santa Barbara Was a wonderful place to be near the ocean and other artists like me. Like always ... as a traveler, it was time to move on and add the experiences I gained in school and out of school to my life's journey.
So I moved on to see Las Vegas, Nevada on June 5th, 2018 and stayed in vegas until August 7th, 2019. Which made a year and 2 months of fun and struggle.
Pencil Photo Sketch by Nathaniel Hammel of The Fremont Street Sign:
Down Town Freemont Street, which is the original strip in the '60s & '70s. https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/life/@twunders/fremont-street---las-vegas-nv-2018-06-17-01-45-20
One of the 1st Places I went to was both the Modern Day Strip:
and of course the Fremont experience above.
I spent a good time in the arts district as I do in most places as they seem to be the safest places to sleep outside when I travel to big cities.
One of my favorite spaces of The Art's District here in Vegas is called: The LV Healing Garden which was built in October 1st of 2017 in respect and remembrance of the Mandalay Bay shooting where 58 individuals lost their lives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting
Built within 1 single week after the shooting took place:
Which almost 8 months later was rebuilt and stabilized for a more permanent outlook:
Around the whole healing garden are 58 cicada trees dedicated to those 58 wonderful souls.
When I 1st arived in Las Vegas and found the healing garden I met a wonderful individual named Mike Smith Sr.
https://smoke.io/life/@twunders/to-smoke-a-mike
After meeting him I gave a good solid 4 months of my time every day as a volunteer with Mike Sr and George:
helping with watering the plants, picking up the trash that blew in, and many other chores needed to keep the upkeep of the garden.
To see more about the LV Healing Garden here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/YJDdbRoU5QfKP/
and enjoy this video:
