Phil Magistro

It’s been twenty years since I last visited Las Vegas.  I recently spent a few days there for a conference.  The casino names are familiar but the buildings are all changed – much bigger and much more extravagant.  So much to see and do it would take more than a week. The last time that I was here I had some luck at the Blackjack table.  This time I didn’t even play.

We should be through the worst part but it’s been going on too long.  Snow is expected this weekend and it makes our recent trip to Florida a more distant memory.  While in Florida I went fishing with my Dad and son at a place called John’s Pass.  Along the inlet there’s a very narrow strip of sand with a rock wall behind.  While we were fishing an egret and a heron came to visit.  The heron was especially bold, coming within a few feet of us.  These photos were taken with my iPhone at about 5 feet.  I swear if I held out some of our bait he would have taken it from my hand but I wasn’t that brave.