Westward Ho--Spring 2010--Day 43

Plenty to eat and a jackpot. Some people may think the biggest thing we do on these trips is eat and lately it seems like that. Last night several of us headed downtown to the Main Street Station Hotel/Casino for dinner in their brew pub. After a great meal most of us headed out to Fremont Street to see the light show, the Fremont Street Experience, that plays above the street. Last nights show was a tribute to the band The Doors. This show is on the huge portico above Fremont Street that runs four blocks in length. The do a show each hour after dark and until midnight. Some in our group had never seen the show before.

While here in Las Vegas we learned some other of our RV friends were in town so we met up with them this morning for breakfast at Arizona Charlies out on Boulder Highway. We've seen Arizona Charlies advertisements and have heard this is a very popular place but we had never been there. We had most of the group we've been with the past few days (Leith's, Anderson's and Roe's) and were joined by Wilbur & Phyllis Ply and Nancy Wolfe. Nancy's husband Dick had flown back home to Florida and was do back in town this evening. The buffet breakfast was exceptional and we all had plenty to eat. This was Lew & Dottie Anderson's last day here and they got off before the picture was taken.

The afternoon was a time for everyone to relax. I decided to walk over to the small store that is attached to the office here at the RV park and try one of their older slot machines. Most of the slots out here no longer accept coins but only paper money. They also pay out with a voucher that must be paid by the cashier. These still take quarters and dispense winnings with real quarters. Earlier in the week I had won 15 quarters on a three quarter bet on one of these machines. Today I hit a jackpot, again on a three quarter bet, and wound up winning $118.50. There were not enough coins in the machine to pay the jackpot and the machine emptied before half of it was paid out. They had to call the company that services the machines to come in and reload it and pay me the balance of the win. We've had a good time out here but all things must come to an end.

Later this evening, after a happy hour at the Leith's coach, our group headed back downtown to the Four Queens for a prime rib dinner in their Magnolia Restaurant. It has become a tradition with Joanne and I to have prime rib at the Magnolia every time we visit Las Vegas. We had the same group from breakfast, less the Anderson's, and were joined by Dick Wolfe direct off his flight from Florida. After dinner we took a shortcut back to the car through the Golden Nugget. They have completely revamped their swimming pool area and it now includes a shark tank. They have a large tube slide from the upper deck to the pool that people can slide through. The portion that goes through the tank is clear so people can see the sharks and other fish as they slide through. All good things must come to an end and that is true of our stay here in Las Vegas. Sometime tomorrow morning we will load up and start our trek east back to Oklahoma.