we are surrounded
on all sides of this city
by giant mountains.
Las Vegas is a Valley. We are surrounded on all four sides by mountains. And here we are smack dab in the middle of it. Lone Mountain and Mt Charleston are Northwest and westward respectively. Sunrise Mountain (where I live) is in the Northeast part of town near Nellis Air Force Base. Those mountains that we see in the distance to the south? I would guess those are the San Bernardino Mountains but I could be wrong. I'm too lazy to look it up right now. It's early and I'm not feeling all that creative.
During the winter months you can see the snow sitting on top of Mt Charleston and Lone Mountain. For some reason I never see snow on top of Sunrise Mountain. Never. It's a weird thing. There is also always this huge shadow over Sunrise mountain even though there are no clouds or anything of that nature hanging over it. My overactive imagination tells me that it is a crowd of lost souls, simply hovering over the mountain and looking at all this desert town has become. Or it could just be some weird shadow that no one can explain. Take your pick.
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