I was! But the casino wasn’t!  I came to this casino RV park so I would be able to go watch the game and eat out at the casino. Well, I certainly picked the wrong casino. Admittedly, I haven’t been to any casinos outside of Nevada and once to the Emerald Queen in Tacoma. This one doesn’t have any bars. In fact, they don’t even serve alcohol in the casino. There is one restaurant that might have a lounge but it doesn’t open until 4:00 pm.

Prior to the start of the game I did some laundry, let Misty explore outside, and sat in the warm sun. The majority of RVs left by noon. Probably wanted to get home to watch the game. I only saw California license plates here.

Then I caught the shuttle to the casino. I had received a $5 off food coupon and a $5 free slots coupon when I checked in to the park. I had forgotten how stinky casinos can be. This one seemed worse than the big new ones in Vegas. I walked all around and checked out the restaurants. There was a big line for the one that had the seafood, so I went to the cafe and had breakfast for lunch. Food was okay, service very good.

To use the slots coupon, you had to become a member of their gambling club and there was another long line. I wasn’t that enthused about gambling, and felt like I was being saturated by smoke, so I left. (Sat outside for a couple of hours hoping the smoke smell would go away.)

The shuttle driver was pleasant and since I was the only one on the bus I was able to find out more about the start of the casino. It started as a bingo hall and was shut down by the feds several times. However, they persisted and eventually built the casino and it has been going for about 33 years. Everything is very clean and well kept. There is a hotel, mercantile and the RV park. We drove past a gated community where many of the tribe members live. The driver commented that they don’t have to work so most of the workers are from outside the reservation.

I had thought about going to the clubhouse at the park to watch the game. The women at the check in said some people were going to do that. I went in and looked around. It has a nice big room but the TVs were in a small room with a couch and maybe 6-8 other chairs in it. The TVs were also pretty high on the wall so to watch you would be craning your neck the whole time.

I decided to watch it on my iPad. I had tried to get it on the TV but the WiFi signal was not strong enough. I had cut up veggies, some chips, and onion dip for my halftime snacks/dinner.

What a great game! So glad the Eagles won. Since my niece, Christine, lives there and I had just been there a few weeks ago, I felt like an honorary Eagle.

In a little while, I am leaving for Yosemite National Park. I made reservations on Saturday online, but haven’t received the email confirmation like it said I would. Hope I have a spot when I get there! It is dry camping so maybe a lot of RVs won’t be there this time of year.

Oh, and I think I broke my little toe last night. Whacked it a good one on a corner and it hurt all night. I did that once years ago and remember it taking forever to finally stop hurting. It hurts to walk on so not sure how much ‘hiking’ I will be able to do in Yosemite. We shall see.

I doubt I will have a signal there to update the blog so will do it in a few days.