Short Stop at L'Auberge -- Not a Dime Spent

Decided I should at least get dressed up at least once on this Journey and check out the interior of the fanciest casino around here so, put on those nice slacks that I haven't been able to fit into for over 5 years and waffled between the peach and plum colored shirt to go with the pants -- decided on the plum since I had purple in my velcro sandals (didn't feel like the dress shoes were fitting my mood today -- though they did fit my thinned down feet with room to spare like the slacks).  That's about as dressed up as I felt I could stand so, went over while the twins were taking one of their many naps -- hoping to avoid any thunderstorms that might be arriving this afternoon or early this evening.

As mentioned already in the title, I didn't spend a dime (only had nickels, quarters and 20 dollar bills with me but, nothing spent).  I did get a free root beer from one of the serve yourself stations.  The interior of the hotel and entrance to the casino were nicely done but, nothing too exotic or near the level of the casinos I had remembered from Vegas -- not that either had much appeal to me.  I had more interest in getting a look at the golf course and Touloulous but, only got glimpses of the Lazy River instead and the marina -- Touloulous wasn't open yet as I had already suspected.  The marina on the lake or river had no real warmth or appeal and the muddy waters only had me looking for alligators or expecting some dead catfish floating in the still waters -- no boats or yachts tied up in any of the slips.  Felt like more of a "back of the house" scene and not invitig at all.

My walk around the casino didn't impress me or give me an inviting enough feeling to even sit at one of the slot machines -- though I did sit down once to rest my legs and feet before wrapping up my tour and exiting the smoke filled or smoke tainted air of the casino.  If the Jack Daniels bar and grille had been open, I might have stopped there but, it wasn't open until 4:00 p.m.  Guess I will save my nickels and quarters for the slot machines in some of those more inviting little gambling towns in Colorado -- hope some friends and relatives will be there too to make it even more fun.

Now for another Coors Light and maybe a glass of wine since the Jeep is already hooked up and ready to roll with the Winnebago -- to San Antonio first (Blazing Star RV resort) and then maybe Pecos, Carlsbad or Roswell (as I head up the front ranges of the Rockies).