This is the casino that almost paid for our room and meal last night.
MSCRUISE
2007 Cross Country Car Trip - Wednesday September 12th
(5696 miles driven) After updating the website last night we headed for dinner. Marlene had oysters and on the third of six she got a bad one. That was the end of dinner for her. After dinner we headed for the casino. Marlene got her players card, I had gotten mine before checking in to get the discount on the room. With the players card came five dollars to use in the slot machines. So we played slots. I hit a reasonable combination and won about $80. I turned to tell Marlene and discovered she had over $100 on her machine. We decided to play both machines down to $50 and leave the casino with $100 in total. When we got up I had $50 and Marlene had $80 for a total of $130. When we checked in the desk gave us a room in the new hotel for the price of the old. When I checked the account in the morning she actually gave it to us for less than that. Between the desk and the casino the stay last night cost us $29. Not too bad. We got on the road this morning at 8:30am and headed for Galesburg, IL to watch trains. It turned out to be a good "hot spot" and I met someone who worked for Amtrak that lived in Richmond as late as 2003. After about an hour in Galesburg, IL we headed for Marion, OH stopping at 6:50pm in Springfield, OH. Tomorrow it is on to Marion, OH for some train watching and then home. It will be a long day but we should be in our own bed tomorrow night.