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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015

Sunday, March 27, 2016

What an amazing Casino across the highway! And another wonderful day it turned out to be. HAPPY, Blessed, Easter

Where are we today ?
Red River Ranch Thackerville OK
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        This morning was kinda cool, overcast and windy. But we knew that so I put a nice corned beef brisket we picked up the other day, half price only $4:00 and we love corned beef. Head of cabbage for .89 cents, 2 taters and some carrots, into our slow cooker for the day.
        Because of the cool weather this morning we had planned to checkout the Windstar Casino across the Interstate from here about 9 am.
        The website is HERE  Now this place is HUGE (1/2 million square feet!) We walked the whole place end to end was 1.5 miles ! With over 7.400 gaming machines plus 1,500 rooms, 16 restaurants, 150 campsites and all the facilities you can think of and, or can afford. Plus 8 areas with different cities and countries to visit. London, Madrid, Rome, Beijing, Paris, Vienna, Cairo and New York. Each area with a different theme and amazing sculptures, fountains etc... Sorry no pictures inside the casino. But check their Website HERE. Same link as earlier.
         We got players cards as we usually do but no deal here! Want us to spend $50. dollars each and get $25.00 free slots play! Not gonna happen. We are not gamblers but did play the penny slots for about an hour 5 bucks each. Almost won our money back but as usual made the donation. Not bad for a morning's entertainment.
this place is so large they have 2 water
 towers like this
the hotel, resort, pools, spa,
its all here
This is a map of this HUGE casino
       Ok enough of that over the top place, but we had to check it out. We home for lunch. Smelling the slow cooker doing it's thing, smells wonderful 
         A nice light lunch, few more walkabouts and even some reading time done outside in the sunshine that finally came out. Out of the wind a bit cooler but was still a wonderful day !
leaves on the trees and beautiful clear blue skies
         This is my old slow cooker, 10 years in my restaurant every day still works good after more than 28 years.
melt in your mouth cornedbeef
was excellent, for a Easter dinner
      Then a great sunset and a fellow RV'er, Bruce stopped by to chat and gave Suzie her doggie fix.
wonderful sunset
Wonderful doggie fix for Suzie
          Hey we had fun today, missing our family on Easter Sunday, but will hook up with them soon.
          Thanks for stopping in and really hope you enjoyed some Easter family time too!

Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Fall and Winter..

27 comments:

  1. Aha, the doggie fix. I was wondering as it has been a while since the last one :)

    That sounds like an enormously wonderful Casino. An easy place to spend a lot of time in.

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    1. The doggie fix was wonderful.
      This place is a destination, the restaurants alone were amazing and entertainment complex huge as well with some big names playing.

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  2. Easy to believe it's the largest casino and it seems to be in the middle of no where but I guess it's only about an hour from the Dallas area. Your Easter supper looks perfect - you've sure gotten your moneys worth from the slow cooker.

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    1. It is in the middle of now where but right on I-35.
      The slow cooker has served me well.

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  3. Wow, that is a huge casino! Pretty cheap of them not to offer some gambling money when you sign up for the players club though.

    www.travelwithkevinandruth.com

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    1. Huge yep, we did get a free chocolate bar for signing and free coffees.

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  4. We had the same Easter dinner cooked in the same ancient Crock Pot! The Golden Acorn Casino offers free boondocking, I pay for the site by playing the dollar slot machine - $1 and 1 pull, lose and that's my donation; win and it is significant enough to be worth cashing in.

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    1. They have free boondocking here as well.
      We don't gamble much just enjoy the slots for a bit on occasion.

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  5. One thing boondocking at a casino gives you and that's lots of entertainment. Part of it is just checking something that big out. It sounds huge to me.

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    1. It is huge we had to check the maps a few times to figure out where we were. Was fun.

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  6. Well, that crockpot owes you nothing! Where do I buy a corned beef like that? Never seen it for sale, except in the deli. Does it come all seasoned or do you have a recipe to share? The casino is enormous.

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    1. That slow cooker has served me well.
      Have seen it in the grocery stores everywhere here, around St' Patrick's day.
      Already spice and a recipe on the bag to cook it. Or I just did it in the slow cooker, potato, carrots on the bottom corned beef on top cover with water, on low 8-9 hours, last hour I added chopped cabbage, To easy.

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  7. Huge Casino! Great Easter dinner! Cheers!

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    1. Thanks guys, think you would love this casino, oh, and a golf course here too.

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  8. WOW...now that is a casino! We never spend $50 at any casino. I think the most we either spend is $20.
    Looks like the weather made it a gorgeous Easter day! Happy Easter.

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    1. The day turned out excellent, after a slow start, that's when we checked out the casino.

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    1. It was well worth the stop to check it out, that's for sure!

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  10. That's some mileage from that crock pot! You couldn't buy one as good today, they're all made in China! ;c)

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  11. I have never heard of that casino, but must be a huge interesting place to explore.

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    1. It sure was, very interesting, worth the stop if you are driving by.

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  12. How'd the brisket compare to the one you made in the pressure cooker? Or the smoked one I made? I'm headed to Fox's in Parker, AZ to spend a couple days. I'm definitely checking out their floating bar on the Colorado River. Safe travels.

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    1. All the brisket was good and very tasty, Slow cooker did a great job similar to the pressure cooker, just takes electricity and a long time. But we have the time.
      Love your smoked one too.
      You might want to check out the Desert bar if you are going that way, very unique http://www.thedesertbar.com/

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  13. If you ever find yourself in the Southeast Michigan area and need a stop-over email me. We have a spot and could give you electric and water. We are just off I-94. I know it's pretty close to home but thought I would offer.

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    1. Thank you! That would be amazing will keep that in mind and let you know. Much appreciated!

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    2. Westsidemom nice offer but I don't have your email address.

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