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"Korean War Memorial"

I went to Atlantic City yesterday with a friend to watch the "Thunder Over the Boardwalk" airshow. What a crowd! Man! It must have taken us 45 minutes to just get across town to the Borgata where they advertised a free shuttle and only $5 parking.

We stroll into The Borgota lobby and walk around looking at all the extravagant fixtures and people who must be oblivious to the word "recession." We get to the front door and there's a nice luxury coach parked outside with a sign in the front window that reads "VIP airshow" and maybe half a dozen smiling people standing near the opened bus door. I'm thinking "wow" they know how to treat people. And then I was brought back down to reality when the doorman says this is the VIP bus and the regular shuttle is around the other side of the building. So Larry and I take off through the casino once again, still smiling, looking for the other bus. We go through the big glass doors and see a line of people 4- to 6-persons deep and a block and a half long and no buses anywhere. Whoa! And, of course, little or no shade in the blazing sun.

We happen to see one of the little famous Jitney's come by and we decide to make a break for that as opposed to standing in line for the next couple hours. It's a $2.25 fare, but worth every penny. So traffic's pretty snarled and after a little bit of frustration we arrive at the boardwalk along with the other two zillion people already there. Geesh! It's the middle of the week people!

By this time, it's pretty close to high noon and the sun is blazing hot and there's not a scrap of shade anywhere. I sweat like a pig (although I've never quite understood that analogy) and the salty beads coming off my head is stinging my eyes I can't keep them open and my glasses are just streaked with crusted something or other. And not a dry piece of clothing on me to wipe anything off. I can't see a thing normally, let alone trying to compose a picture with the camera. Larry Williams, who went with me, is just snapping pictures normally like it's another day in paradise, completely unfazed by the heat or crowds.

Anyway, all that to say, I had a great time and did manage a couple of decent shots after all!

See the rest of the images here.