Monday’s Post…….
Hmmmm…….the damn alarm went off at 6am….and so I struggled valiantly to put my sagging hulk into a vertical, or at least a semi-vertical , position. Yep….no one to blame for the “damn alarm” except myself…..as I had set it last night. So, I took my shower, completed the morning rituals….made the coffee, and then began the varied tasks of getting TheHowserHouse ready for moving up the road(s).
I woke Jay….and then about 6:45 I got the 1st Lady up…..and after doing the dumping of the holding tanks, putting away everything that had to be stored that is inside TheHowserHouse, and then checking AND re-checking everything, we were ready to pull out of our site by 7:35am…..and we were out of the KOA by 7:44.…and after about three miles of stop lights, we were on I-10 and heading northwest, changing to I-55 and then went north towards Mississippi.
A fuel stop was made in Mississippi, a lunch break was enjoyed at noon in a highway rest area, and then we were turning off of I-55 about 1:30pm and going west toward the Tunica Casinos. Well….then the frustrations began as the roads have changed, they are not…repeat NOT…marked correctly and instead of 25 miles, we went almost 50 miles because of bad detour markings and no…absolutely NO place to make a U-turn, even without TheHowserHouse behind us.
Soooo, it was about 3pm before I finally got to Sam’s Town Casino-Hotel-RV Park. Luckily, they did have a very few unreserved sites and so we got one. After setting up, hooking up the umbilical cords, and then taking a needed rest to kick back and do nothing, we discussed the evening ahead of us.
Oh yeah……the phone calls have been coming in all day long…..with wonderful “Happy ‘Birthday” wishes!!!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU who called and/or emailed cards, well wishes, etc., etc., etc. MUCHO APPRECIATED!!!!!! At the present time I cannot get online……Sam’s Town Wifi doesn’t reach out from the hotel far enough to allow me to use it in the RV Park.
Sooooo, we cleaned up from the 400 mile trip….and then re-fueled for tomorrow’s trip on to F’town in the present state of Misery….again, only this time is drenching, drenching rains….DAMN!!! After getting the fuel, we went back to the Hotel/Casino….and had a really nice dinner at the Grand Buffet. Surprisingly, it was better than average buffet food and we really enjoyed it. Maybe we were hungry????
Then we gravitated into the Casino….and the 1st Lady gave me $20 since it was my 65th to use tonight. I do NOT enjoy losing any money at a casino……therefore, I do not ever put more than $20 into the games…and then I walk away!!!! Yep……never have enjoyed it, never will!!!! Only once did I ever win anything interesting and that was back in the late summer of 2000 in the Beau Revage(sp?) in Biloxi…….winning $1280.00 on a $1.00 pull of the slot machine arm. Tonight……well, I had put in less then $10 when I won $50!!!! And then, I won another $11.….and finally left the Casino with a profit of $70. OK……that will probably be it for several years….haha. At least it happened on my 65th!
We will depart here tomorrow around 8am…….and it is not really very far….so we should be home early afternoon, depending on the weather fronts that are heading our way. It has been a good day……not a difficult drive as the Mississippi roads are wonderful………….and with the cash in the pocket and the plumbing in good shape today……
LIFE IS REALLY GREAT!!!!!….And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!
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