A "Naked" Las Vegas Strip
A "Naked" Las Vegas Strip
By: a.d. elliott | Take the Back Roads - Art and Other Odd Adventures
Dear Henry,
Look.
No cars.
Some months ago, I made plans to run the Las Vegas Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon for one very specific reason: I wanted this picture. A “naked” Las Vegas Strip, empty, quiet, stripped of its usual noise and traffic, if only for a moment.
Training, as it turns out, did not go exactly as planned. (By which I mean: I did not train nearly enough.) When it became clear I wouldn’t be running, we briefly considered canceling the trip altogether.
But after #VegasStrong, that didn’t feel right.
So we went anyway.
I didn’t run the race, but I stood along the sidelines and watched thousands of people do what I had hoped to do myself. I felt the energy, the music, the determination. And early that morning, before the crowds and the engines returned, I got the photograph I had imagined.
The Strip paused.
Empty streets are strange things. They remind you how much motion we take for granted, and how rare it is to see a place built on spectacle simply resting.
I didn’t run this year.
But I showed up.
Next year.
xoxo,
a.d. elliott
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About the Author
a.d. elliott is a wanderer, photographer, and storyteller traveling through life
She shares her journeys at Take the Back Roads, explores new reads at Rite of Fancy, and highlights U.S. military biographies at Everyday Patriot.
You can also browse her online photography gallery at shop.takethebackroads.com.
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