29
Oct
Tonopah, Nevada
For the first time this trip, both Suzie and the truck compass is pointing us going N for a sustained time, so I guess we must be headed towards home. We are now in a very small town about 309.7 miles north of Laughlin, Nevada. Passing through Las Vegas without a stop and Suzie did her typical outstanding job directing us through the interstates and traffic, I really do love her!
We did pull out of Laughlin a day ahead of schedule, not due to heavy gaming losses, quite the contrary. Prior to our arrival in Luaghlin, I called my favorite hotel, the Colorado Belle. I have stayed there a half dozen times, even with my youngest daughter. Wanting to make reservations but discovering that they do not accept pets which I thought would be the case. However, they recommended a kennel in Boulder City which is just across the Colorado River from Laughlin. Wanting first to checkout the kennel, I did not make reservations at $22.00 per night despite the fact that they are advertised on the Internet at $19.00 per night.
Found that the "spa" for Dutch was very nice, he had a lot of company and I am
sure he did not get much sleep last night even tho he had his own pent house, but it appeared to me that there was a good number of "ladies" just hanging around looking for a little companionship, so he was in heaven with lots of friends. Leaving Dutch in Arizona, we headed to Laughlin, Nevada and to check into the Colorado Belle. Upon checking in, we discover the room rate is $30.00 per night, when questioned why the difference from the time I called, her attitude comment was "oh, those are reservation prices", I know I should have taken out the cell phone and called for reservations in front of her. Behaving myself, I went to our room. After settling in, I pull out the old laptop to see what kind of reception I had since they advertised "wireless". Surprise, I had great reception but first I had to register and pay $6.95 per hour! After enjoying wireless connection free of charge from the motels since we left Alaska, it upset me just a touch that a hotel this size and a casino, would charge for wireless.
sure he did not get much sleep last night even tho he had his own pent house, but it appeared to me that there was a good number of "ladies" just hanging around looking for a little companionship, so he was in heaven with lots of friends. Leaving Dutch in Arizona, we headed to Laughlin, Nevada and to check into the Colorado Belle. Upon checking in, we discover the room rate is $30.00 per night, when questioned why the difference from the time I called, her attitude comment was "oh, those are reservation prices", I know I should have taken out the cell phone and called for reservations in front of her. Behaving myself, I went to our room. After settling in, I pull out the old laptop to see what kind of reception I had since they advertised "wireless". Surprise, I had great reception but first I had to register and pay $6.95 per hour! After enjoying wireless connection free of charge from the motels since we left Alaska, it upset me just a touch that a hotel this size and a casino, would charge for wireless. Freshening up, we left for the casino floor. My next surprise since my last trip to Laughlin and Vegas, "what in the hell are all these penny machines"? Hundreds of them, the nickels and quarter machines were a minority! But, I did find my favorite dollar machines. After Terry lost $10.00, she gave up to go sit in the sun by the pool. My biggest surprise and it took awhile to adjust is that there are not more silver dollars crashing into the tray! It is all automated and programed noise of money falling. You feed any denominational bill into the slot and it gives you credits to play. When you quit, you hit the "cash out" button and it prints out a receipt showing your winnings or money you have left to play. You can use this later to feed into another machine or cash it in for the real stuff. By the time, that Terry found me for dinner I had accumulated a tidy profit for my time and enjoyment.
Following dinner and a refresher nap while watching the last game of the World Series, I returned to the floor to play until 1 a.m., this time almost tripling my earlier winnings. Over breakfast, I added my totals up and made the decision that I would leave Laughlin and the Colorado Belle a winner. This morning while Terry was checking out, I did have to invest $20.00 in my favorite machine from the night before, by the time she returned, I cashed out my $41.00 and gave it to her for packing out all the luggage and I walked away with a nice chunk of their money. The Colorado Belle's final surprise came when Terry was checking out, she had made two long distant calls from our room using her phone card. The check out bill included $1.00 for each of the times that she used their phone. I really do not mind the extra charges - but don't nickel and dime me to death - raise your room rates!
Making the drive from Las Vegas to here, if anyone ever offers you 1,000 acres of free land in this area - run! It is desolate, sage brush, desert, no water and small mountains on the horizon, however, we did add one more specie of game to our animal list today. These are wild burros that roam this area in large numbers. This was the largest herd that we saw but we saw several other small herds. You can find out more about these animals by visiting the HITW. Talking with the motel owner tonight, he also said there are a lot of wild horses as well and they have an annual round up on them each year to keep the herd in check.
Tomorrow, we will arrive in Reno early so most likely, we will stop for a little casino entertainment before continuing home. From Reno, we have no idea which way we go but it will be in some northerly route. Got to go, Bronco game is over, they did better than I thought against Green Bay. See you down (up) the road.
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