Checking Out the Casino

Our trip yesterday was to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa. It turns out that there is a second one in Hollywood, FL, between Miami and Ft Lauderdale in southern FL. The one in Tampa is huge and we were surprised that when we went to the RV show at the fairgrounds in Tampa, it was less than a mile down the same road. How did we ever miss it?

It had a grand entrance to the Hotel and Casino:

There was no way we were going to miss the entrance. The Casino was split into the two halves of the Hotel and initially when we walked into the smaller half, we thought it was a small casino. After stopping at the Players Club window to pick up our card that we get at every casino, we discovered that, across from the lobby area, there was a much larger section of the casino. We weren't too impressed with the slot machines as they were mostly all 2 cent, nickel and quarter machines that required a couple dollars on each spin in order to win anything. We did locate an area where there were a couple machines where we could play and the maximum bet was only about $1.25, so we played those for awhile. We started with a stake of $80 each and when that was gone, we would leave.

After playing the machines in this area for some time, we each got lucky and hit a jackpot. Josie won $340 and I won $134, so we decided to put that money aside and finish playing with the rest of our money that we had at the start. After using our original stake, we cashed out the jackpot tickets and used the odd amounts to play some more. In the end, we played from 1 PM to 5 PM and left with $400 in our pocket. Not too bad.

Today is moving day again. We will go to Thousand Trails this morning and select our new site for the next 3 weeks. Then, it is back here to pack up and go to Camping World to get the water pump fixed before going on over to the new site. It is a continuing saga with this pump model, but our hands are tied with the warranty, so we will keep putting in a new one until we find one that is good. It is beyond us how they can work in other rigs that are identical to ours. That's about it for now...