Day 47 Monday

Got on the road by 7:15. Some nasty looking clouds and rain at various points along the way. We heard on the weather channel they had some hail along our route, and one storm chaser who was staying in Gainesville where we were said there was hail in Gainesville. However we did not have any damage to the car, and some of the things he was saying made it sound like he was just playing it up for TV. Maybe yes...maybe no.

We had a pretty trouble free day...started to get quite windy around Whichita.

Turns out we were pretty lucky, the day we decided to leave, as they had baseball sized hail and grapefruit sized hail in Denton later in the day, which is where we usually stay. In some parts of  Texas they also had softball and grapefruit sized hail...yikes!

We got to Harrah's in Council Bluffs at 4:30. Took it easy for a bit, then went down to the Casino. Katie swiped her card and got two printouts for 1/2 off meals. I swiped mine...nada...as usual. Not too hard to see who is the big gambler in our family.

We played for awhile, I lost at first, but made a dramatic recovery, and I ended up $400 up for the night. Katie made $250.

Because we were winning it was hard to quit, so we didn't go for supper until around 8:45. We didn't have any lunch, and we had breakfast actually. The bill was $28 with drinks but written off with one of the 1/2 off printouts and the rest with instant rewards from Katie's card.

Have to laugh...we were not in the casino more than about ten minutes, when a casino host with a handheld, tracked Katie down, introduced herself, and made sure Katie was there attempting to contribute to the welfare of the Casino.

Then it was back to the room to unwind.

and so ends another great day at Harrah's Casino...never lost here yet

more later...