Today we started out in Rochester, Washington and made it all the way to Olympia, Washington. (A distance of about 25 miles) But, it was an enjoyable trip anyway.
I found a back country road that wound through forests and a tree lined scenic byway. We stopped near the Capitol Grounds in an historic park, so Pokey could run. It was another beautiful day in the Northwest. I heard it rains around here, but I haven't seen it yet.
Later, I found a wireless connection outside a motel I could “hitchhike” on and uploaded the last two blogs.
We arrived at Red Wind Indian Casino, just outside of Olympia, around 1 p.m.
I was not impressed with the RV parking area. It was an unpaved lot, with dry weeds all around. It looked like a dumping area for old cars, and vans across the highway from the Casino. I knew I did not want to stay in that lot overnight, but I did want to play a few hours of poker and have a good place to sleep tonight. So I took out my camping book.
We have been Coast to Coast members since 2001 and the membership allows us to stay in a member park for $8. I still have 4 or 5 nights of credit in their system. So, I located one less then 5 miles from the Casino and made arrangements to show up by 7 p.m. that evening.
Since I am back eating healthy today, I made a turkey sandwich and had an orange for lunch in the RV before I went in to play.
Red Wind Casino is pretty non-descript, nothing impressive about it. They did have a poker room off the bar area with 2 tables of 3/6 limit. I hope to hit some bigger games pretty soon. I think tomorrow I will be at the largest poker room in the Seattle area at Muckleshoot Indian Casino in the Auburn area.
I had to wait about an hour and finally got on to one of the tables. I bought in for $60 and played a couple of hours and took a break to walk Pokey. I went back and played until about 6:30 p.m. and cashed out $120.
That reduces my net loss for the Washington portion of the trip to -$40
We checked into Lost Lake RV Park and plugged into Electricity. We still had about 30 minutes of daylight left so Pokey and I took a hike around the park until I couldn’t see him anymore.
Tonight was pretty much a night of chores. I had a can of soup and popcorn for dinner. Then I spent the remainder of the night organizing the cupboards above my driving compartment where we keep our videos and games. It is good to know what is in there now and to be able to see it all when I open the cupboard.
The rest of the night before we go to sleep will be spent in finishing watching the video “Small Time Crooks” with Woody Allen
Good night from somewhere in Lost Lake RV park.
P.S. It was a cold night of sleeping. It might have been a "Three dog night", and I had only one. And a small one at that. But, under the heavy quilt, we both slept well all night and it was only cold during the dash to the bathroom. In the RV, that is only about 14 feet. So I was back in bed quickly, with only a slight grumble from Pokey that I had disturbed him.
A hot shower in the campground shower area and I topped off our fresh water tank.
And we are back on the road again.
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