We left Bedford about 2ish and made our way north on 35. 35, btw, is
apparently a homeless shelter for all the abandoned dairy queens from
the metroplex and greater DFW area. I swear I saw 27 of them in our 1
hour trek. We also saw some pretty interesting billboard
advertisements on the way down, such as "frank buck zoo" ,which looked
like to me a cheap rip off of arbuckle wilderness. Anybody ever been
to that place? Ya know where the slimy giraffe tongue grazes your face
in a hasty attempt to get some feed you bought for a quarter from the
drive through feed store?
Nobody? Ok...
But, I digress...
Once we arrived in the grand city of Gainesville, Texas I was
pleasantly surprised at the size and grandeur of our hotel
accompdations. Mom and I each have our own queen size bed, which is
adorned with down comforter and four fluffy down pillows. So glad I'm
not allergic to ducks. That's where they get that stuff from, right?
Our TV in our room is a HUGE flat screen HDTV which we probably won't
watch since vacay isn't about reality TV. It's still a nice amenity,
though...
As soon as we arrived to our hotel, we literally dropped our bags and
went running for the casino. Winstar casino has the appearance on the
outside of some kind of World War II hatch, but once you feel like you
are in the heart of vegas. Although...I saw a unnatural number of
amputees there, so I am NOT ruling out that world war II theory quite
yet. In the span of an hour, Mom had doubled her money for the day,
and I had lost mine....sounds about right :)
By the time Mom finally decided to stop playing, we were starving, so
we headed back to TEXAS to eat. I, of course assisted with restaurant
selection with my google maps app on my iPhone only to drive right
past what looked like the BEST Mexican restaurant indigenous to
Gainesville.
We were, undoubtedly, the sole representatives of the Caucasian race
in the entire restaurant, but that's how we knew it was going to be
good. My quesadilla was apprroximately the size of Michael Jordan's
foot, and Mom's food had to be put on two plates. I will probably
seriously consider making the drive again JUST to eat there... It was
wonderful.
After dinner, at the risk of getting cramps, I hopped in the hotel hot
tub, which could have fit a football team in it. It was so relaxing
that I got back to the room and barely made it past the 8 o'clock
"Celebrity Password" and konked out.
All this to say...that's probably why I am up at 3 am...
Wonderful vacation so far!!! I will keep you guys updated!
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