The great thing about RV travel.....

I awoke to another day of cold rain falling on the RV roof. I stayed under the covers as long as I could, but there is a tournament later this morning so I can’t stay here all day. (grin)

For those of you who have just stated reading, or haven’t read this blog for awhile I am one week into a month long trip to prove to myself I can be a professional player.

(Caren my wife, Pokey the dog, and I left San Diego in the RV to drive to Chicago to attend my sister-in-laws funeral. Then we spent the next 2 weeks enjoying Caren’s vacation time from work, as we traveled across the country from Chicago to Portland via Yellowstone National Park.

Caren flew back to San Diego on 9/30 from Portland, which began a month long poker trip from Washington to San Diego for me and Pokey. So far I have lived in the RV one month today. I just finished one week on my own with daily calls to Caren. It took me a week to get from Portland to just north of Everett, Washington (a typical 3 hour drive)

I have played in about 10 casinos and I am up almost, what I hoped to earn on the trip. I still have a long way to go and many casinos to play in. But, it has been a great trip so far.)

Yesterday was spent walking, reading, and then driving 2 miles into town where I knew I could connect with a Wireless Internet connectionn to upload my blog entries and read email.

I played 3/5 No Limit last night at a table of very good players. A couple of them told me after we had played quite awhile this table was unusually tight tonight. I was up around $100 for 4 hours of play when another table seat came open. I moved over there and was able to double my profit from some weaker players. I did lose a $100 the first hand I played when I tried a naked bluff that got called. After that everything I played got called, because they thought I was a bad player. I didn’t plan on getting “caught in a bluff”, but it worked out well for me with the play I got afterward.

I am at the most northern place I will be on this trip. From this point I am going to turn south tomorrow and begin a very slow trek toward San Diego.

My plan at this point is to play a few more days in Washington, then take a few days through Oregon on the coast. There are a couple of small card rooms in Crescent City, & Eureka, California I want to play. After that, then down through the Redwoods and Wine Country to the San Francisco Bay Area.

My plans also include at some point renting a car from Fresno and leaving the RV at my daughter Carrie’s home and driving to San Diego for a weekend trip with her to visit Caren. Upon my return to Fresno, I will then turn over to Las Vegas near the final leg of my trip.

The great thing about RV travel is you can make general plans, and just have a vague idea of where you want to go and no reservations are required. Many people see the destination of a trip. The true RV mindset sees the trip as the destination as soon as you begin as the trip. Or has Budda once said “The road is the trip”. Or maybe that was “Bubba” at the trailer park I heard that one from. You know now that I think about it, it may have been a line from “Easy Rider”. (grin)