Greetings From Riverton

Our scheduled departure for Riverton was right on time yesterday - 10 AM. It took us about 3 hours and, except for a construction delay on the way, was uneventful. When we arrived at the Holiday Inn, we checked in and decided to ride around the town a little while to see where everything was - such as the casino - before actually going to the room. The town itself is quite disappointing. It's not at all like Cody. There isn't much to see or do except for going to the casino. We stopped at the casino just to check it out for later and we were somewhat disappointed in the casino also. There were about 350 slots and a few gaming tables, but the slots were almost all penny and dollar machines. There was one line of quarter slots - about 10 machines - all of them being the same type. We also signed up for a casino card (which is not used in the machines for credits like other casinos) and each received $5 of free play. We can't figure out why they even issue these cards unless it's for future drawings. Anyway, we drove around the town looking for a nice place to have dinner and found a good steak house called The Bull that was recommended by the clerk at the hotel. Since it didn't open for another hour when we got there, we decided to go to our rooms and freshen up before dinner and our "exciting" evening at the casino.

We were surprised when we entered our room to discover that the hotel had assigned our rooms backwards. Karen and George were supposed to get a room with a queen bed since there reservation was made last and the king rooms were all taken, and we were supposed to get the king room - both on the first floor. I went back to the front desk and, after some shuffling of rooms by the clerk, was re-assigned a king room on the second floor. That was OK.

Dinner at The Bull was excellent, although pricey. There weren't many people in the restaurant which concerned us at first, but we figured it was near empty as a result of their high prices, rather than the quality of food.

It was then off to the casino:

It's not the greatest picture of the casino, but you get the idea. It was a fun time there as Karen and George learned a lot about what was a new experience for them. They never have been to a casino before and they enjoyed watching everybody although they did play about $10 each. Josie and I had our usual stake and she lost hers while I was fortunate to break even for the night.

It should be enough of a casino "fix" to last us for awhile. We came back to the hotel and had a glass of wine in the lounge before coming back to the room at around 10 PM. Today we will meet for a buffet breakfast at 9:30 here at the hotel, and then head home. It was a trip that, although a little disappointing, satisfied our curiosity about the only "real" casino in Wyoming. Later...