Friday, August 29, 2008

Day 74 – Salem IN

Today we headed out to be gamblers. Bill, Joy, and I left at 11 for French Lick IN. The casino is at the French Lick Hotel where we went first. We had lunch in the casino, and then Bill and Joy went to gamble. I wandered around the hotel and grounds while Bill played blackjack and Joy played the slots. I finally went back and put a few dollars into the machines. I have decided that I am way too stupid to play the slots and that there are way too many choices to be made! I did play the penny slot and came out $1.12 ahead!! Bill won $20, but Joy was the big winner at over $100.

From there we headed a mile down the road to the West Baden hotel. This hotel has a magnificent domed atrium. It fell into disuse and disrepair in 1966. In 1996 it was purchased and refurbished which was a massive undertaking and reopened in 2007. We wandered around and had a drink in the dome bar. Rather fun.

Tonight we had leftovers for dinner which were still good. Brenda and Bill Fortner came over to bring Bill tickets to the IU football game tomorrow. We had a great visit and almost got caught up.

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