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Maverick Rover World Blog #27 San Diego/Las Vegas. 9/18/2018

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MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Post #27 September 18, 2018 USA Washington, DC (short stop to visit friends and catch a downpour  of rain before  hurricane Florence arrived) San Diego, CA Las Vegas, NV * * Ah, back in San Diego for  a visit * Las Vegas, BABY The ecstasy and the agony A little warm up in the back lot before a Cirque de Soleil show * THE BIG, BIG NEWS Absolutely stunning performance Note:  + ADAM LAMBERT (from San Diego and an American Idol Talent) along with the original Queen performers  Roger Taylor & Brian May This concert is so worth every penny,  Adam's got talent, he's got style  & he's got pipes for days Adam says that he greatly respects  Freddie Mercury, while being himself as the lead singer with QUEEN * Roger and Ron on the strip in f...

MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Post #26. New York City, NY / 911 9/9/2018

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MAVERICK ROVER WORLD Post #26 September 9, 2018 New York City, New York USA * A picture is worth a thousand words Before 9/112/2001 After 9/11/2001 Now two fountains, below street level, replace the two towers.  Around the two fountains are all the names of the 2996 men, women and children who died in these two buildings, the Pentagon, on the four planes that crashed and the people who died while assisting in the rescue effort on that infamous day in our history The impact of viewing this memorial etches the devastation of this event more deeply into our hearts and minds 911 Memorial The New World Trade Center Building One   The artist's intent in this installation piece is to represent the many colors of the sky on that day (all blue in varying degrees) These squares are water color on paper, while the lettering "No Day Shall Erase You from the Memory of Time" (words of the Roman ...