Week in review

Posted under Friends, Gambling, Golf, Vacation, food by admin

in which I recap my mini-vacation…

I decided to take 4 days off last week and hit the course. I booked a stay ‘n play package for last Thursday at Wildhorse Resort Casino, which is less that an hour away from here. I got up early that morning, had some coffee and loaded up the car. Not much to take other than a change of clothes and my clubs. Tee time was at 10:36 am so I hit the road by 9:oo am. Ran into some road construction on Highway 11 just outside om Milton-Freewater that had me stopped for about 15 mins. Glad I left a little early. Made it to the Casino with plenty of time to check-in, dropped my stuff off in the room and headed up to the golf course. I walked around the parking lot for a bit while waiting for my caddy (@smugirishman) to show up. He was there right on time. We hit the pro shop, picked up a fresh sleeve of balls, grabbed a cart and headed back to the parking lot to load up. Went over to the practice green, chipped, pitched and putted a few balls and then headed for the 1st Tee Box. The weather was really nice. About 75 degrees and a 10 to 15 mph breeze from out of the west. Perfect golfing conditions in my book. We let our 1st drives fly and away we went.

Couldn’t have asked for a better day. The golfing was great. Not too crowded and I played well. I put my old Nickent 3DX driver back in the bag cuz the Cleveland Hi-Bore wasn’t doing me any justice at all. Needless to say, I drove the ball really good and stayed out of trouble for the most part. My short-game was on, I was rolling the ball well on the greens and managed to get off the course with an 88. Not bad at all considering that I’ve only played a handful of times this year. In the end, I walked away victorious and feeling pretty good about the whole round. Had a blast! God, I love that game.

Headed back to my room, changed clothes, relaxed for a while and then decided to hit the Casino floor. Took a quick detour into the Players Club for a cocktail or two and then started to gamble. Made a few quick hits on the slot machines, played some 3 card poker and found myself up on those bastards a couple of hundred bucks all of a sudden. w00t! Stopped while I was up, went back to the bar for another cocktail and savored my winnings for the moment. Decided to enter a No-Limit Hold ‘Em tourney and head back to my room for a bit while waiting for it to begin. Tourney started at 6:30 and I was well on my way to a serious buzz. They called us down to the tables and away I went. Started off winning a few decent pots and was then moved to another table. We had 63 entries and I was hangin’ in there. Got into a couple hands that I probably shouldn’t have played and found myself short-stacked rather quickly. Gave it my all but got eliminated in 18th place. Not bad, considering that I haven’t played any Hold ‘Em for about a year now but would have loved to have made it to the final table. Maybe next time.

So that was that. Back to the bar for another cocktail while I thought about what to have for dinner. It just so happened that it was all-you-can-eat seafood buffet night. Oh, hell yes! And they also had some stand-up comedians in the lounge for my entertainment. I decided to go ahead and eat and let me tell ya’, I soon discovered that I can eat a shit-load of steak and king crab legs. I swear, I sat there and ate more crab that ever before. I was in there for over an hour before I pulled my head out of my ass and stopped. Completely boated, I went back to my room for a well deserved nap. God, I was full and content. I freakin’ love crab!

Once recovered from the crab incident, I went back down to the floor to gamble. All in all, I did pretty good although I was so full of crab, steak and vodka that I knew I wouldn’t last much longer. Ended up calling it a night around 1 am, headed to my room and crashed. What an awesome day it was. Really had a good time.

I awoke the following morning and decided to go checkout the Museum that I had talked about seeing in the past. Glad I did. I checked out of my room around 11 am, drove back to the TCI museum and wandered through it. It was really cool. Couldn’t take any pics inside but I did get a few from behind the facility. I really enjoyed it. If you get the chance to see it, do.

I hit the road shortly afterward and was home in no time.

The last couple of days I’ve just been rehydrating and taking it easy. Cleaned my apartment, did some laundry and watched a bunch of golf. I’ll be back at work in the morning, refreshed and ready to roll. Glad that I took the time off, as I needed a break!

All for now…

~KJ