I am writing this from the parking lot of our second RV park in the parking lot of a casino. This time we are at the Firelake Casino (just east of Oklahoma City), and the cost of parking here with electricity is free for 3 nights. We only have electric hookup as the water is for every other site, and they were all taken. This is a much larger casino (run by the Pottawatomie nation). Bill was thrilled to be here.
We started out early this morning from Tucumcari at 8am. We quickly lost an hour as we crossed into Texas. Texas provided the entertainment for the day with strange roadside items. First was the Cadillac Ranch with the 9 Cadillacs sticking in the ground. Next came the ‘biggest cross’ at Groom Texas. This is a 190’ cross that can be seen for miles. Also in Groom is a leaning water tower that a guy moved to advertise his truck stop that is no longer in existence. The last piece of entertainment in Texas was a cowboy on horseback with his dog trotting along by his side on the edge of the interstate.
After we hit Oklahoma, the wind picked up, and Bill had an interesting drive until we finally reached the Firelake Casino at 5. The scenery was not that exciting, so I got some reading in along the way.
At 6 we took the shuttle bus over to the casino to have dinner at the Grand Buffet. It wasn’t that great, but it was only $17.50 for the two of us. Bill got a $5 discount as it was King’s night, and a local couple behind us gave us another $5 discount coupon for me. That was sweet. The buffet was featuring Asian items, so I got some orange chicken and rice before the waitress told us that they had a stir-fry station in the middle. So I got some wonderful stir-fry veggies. For dessert we shared a Bananas Foster (also from the stir fry station) which with vanilla ice cream was quite good.
I left Bill to gamble and came back here to catch up on some TV. When I went out to catch the shuttle, a couple of bored valet attendants offered to give me a ride back here in their golf cart. That was kind of fun. I think Tuesday nights must be slow for them!
Tomorrow we head on out again on I 40 in our quest to get home by Saturday.
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