Home Again

I'm back from a fun and relaxing time at Harrah's Rincon. I spent Monday to Wednesday with my friend Kat and her parents which was a total blast. Kat's parents like to gamble there so they've racked up a lot of comps so we had 2 rooms and severals meals comped.

First of all, the rooms we got were very nicely decorated and spacious. Carol and Buddy's room was ready and since we wanted 2 beds we had to wait an hour for it to be ready. Carol went to get out room keys and she peeked in to check it out. She said it was the same as their room but with 2 beds. More on that later....well, I packed up the PS2, Guitar Hero and 2 guitars to play during our down time. It's kind of hard to conceal the guitars which poked out of my bag so the bell hops commented on them,"COOL" they said. So that is what we did until our room was ready. By that time, Buddy and Carol were anxious to get to the casino so we decided to meet up with them when we got settled in our room. Our room was on the other side of the hall about 6 doors down and when we got into the room, we put down our stuff and I pushed aside the drapes to see what kind of view we had. OMG! We were on the ground level facing the pool and we had the most awesome enclosed patio with 2 comfy chairs and table. It had an iron gate which gave us a peek at the pool and the coolest waterfall fountain. Woot! We were so excited and just had to tell her parents that we scored the better room. Yay!

Here is the layout right outside our patio with wonderful loungers and a firepit with seating off to the right.

That patio made all the difference...we could open the sliding door and listen to the fountain. Oh and the pool area was huge. Just beyond the fountain was a massive pool with another big fountain and lots of nooks to hang out in. There were several hot tubs located around with one being for adults 21 and over. Then there was another huge hot tub that was the size of a small pool with a lower section and the upper section had a waterfall where the grotto was located so you can enjoy the backside of water.

We gambled at night which let us really enjoy the room and pool area. I wasn't winning anything until our very last day where I played video poker and hit 4 aces to pay out 480 quarters which brought my winning to $170. I took a break then played another machine which hit 4 of a kind to give me $50. Not bad for starting out with $20 each time. So in the end, I brought $300 with me and ended up bringing back $200 home. This was 3 days of gambling and food so I did pretty good. Yay!