Well I finally have my trips planned for the rest of the year. I have only been able to go out to LV once this year in April. The problem was not lack of vacation time as i have 10 weeks this year. No the problem has been having to use my gambling bankroll for bills and other "problems" that have come up the past few months. Now that school has started and I have been able to get caught up on things, the bankroll will start to grow again and trips can now be booked.
My next upcoming trip will be the first week of October (birthday) to Reno/Tahoe of all places. Harrahs sent me a 4 free night stay along with 250 dollar roundtrip air offer that I booked upon getting it in the mail. The reason this trip is so important is that my dad lives only about 1 hour away in California and can meet up with me there. It has been almost 10 years since I have seen him and now that he is in ill health it makes this birthday trip that much more special. I will also be driving over to look at the lake and maybe side trips to Carson City, Virgina City and maybe Sparks. I have been looking at the videopoker offered in the local casinos there and it looks pretty good so this trip has turned into a win win situation.
My second trip will be the first week of November to the greatest city in the world of course...Las Vegas. Now this trip is a little tricky. I know I will be going but don't know how I will get there or where I will be staying as of yet. Let me explain. My father-in-law is driving out there for a auto-parts convention. He is renting a van and does not want to go alone. I have never drove to LV before but maybe now would be a good time to do so. However I really don't look forward to a 18 hour driving trip back and forth. We will see but driving would save a little money on airfare too so who knows what I will do just yet. Now he has also booked his rooms in a suite at Palace Station and has offered me a chance to stay there. Now I have stayed at PS before and even though it is not plush like say something on the strip it is a basic clean cheap nice play to stay and play. So as you can see even though i know I will be going then I just need to make up my mind as to the "other" things that need to be done before that trip.
I also have been working on that "new" VP strategy from my VP Pro in Arizona. It has worked pretty well on the IGT Videopoker.com site ( where you are playing the real games they have in casinos) and I'm now starting to add some special plays to the strategy and hope this will push me up over the top. If I do hit a nice Royal on either of these trips then I will probably be making more LV trips before the end of the year since I have to use at least 3 more weeks of vacation time at work or risk losing it.
Otherwise things here have been going along pretty much like it has all summer long... boring and hot! The kids are now back in school which helps with my sleeping during the day. The nights are starting to get just a bit cooler at night with a small "cool front" coming in this week which should cool things down to the 90's during the day. Also football season is only a couple of weeks away... so things are indeed looking up for the rest of 2010.
Today I will spend it cooking some nice steaks out on the grill, taking a nap before work and looking forward to seeing the new Mad Men episode tonight. Trips, family, cooler weather, steaks, football, and fall colors coming all add up to a future of some pretty interesting things coming my way.
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