Day tripping

$3.99 lobsters, $7.00 buffet lunch ... What's not to like. 

We re-learned another valuable lesson today.  You get what you pay for.  Kind-hearted me offered to take Sharon to yet another casino in the area.  A scant 1 1/2 hour drive and there we were; Las Vegas South or as the locals call it ... Biloxi Mississippi.  We were last here in early 2008 and even today the aftermath of hurricane Katrina is still present.  Not a lot has changed except the roads are better and more casinos are sprouting up. It's not the most visually inviting town to visit but the docks with their fishing boats and the blue Caribbean are always a draw for me.

We decide to stop at the Isle Casino first, have a little lunch, gamble a bit then move to one of the other 5 or 6 casinos.  Clean and well kept but nearly vacant of players.  Okay it's Tuesday afternoon and probably not the best time or time of year for that matter but it was really quite.  And small.  From the outside it looked quite large but once inside the gaming floor was very compact.  Tight might be a better description ... much like the payout on their slots as we later found out.

We located the buffet and for a mere pittance we had a reasonable lunch.  Not great, but adequate.  And lobsters (small) were really $3.99.  Kind of chewy however.
We then spent about a half hour playing the slots.  Mostly had our pick of the machines as you could count the number of players on two hands.  This casino did disspell my notion that only the Indians had our number as these piranahs down here fed on my money as well as the Indians do up north. 

We jumped ship and headed for the Hard Rock Casino.  Whoa!  This is one nice place.  Very much like its Las Vegas brother.  A great deal of memoribilia on the walls from the legends of rock and roll.  Fun to look at.  Starbucks, several small fast food kiosks, a large buffet area and for those discriminating eaters ...a Ruth Chris Steakhouse.  I've dined at four of these steak emporiums at various places around the country and believe me they are all fantastic.  Not cheap, not inexpensive, not a bargain but you enjoy their legendary prime steak in a fine dining atmosphere.  Since this one is in a casino, you probably don't even need to dress up.  There were considerably more players here so the flight to a quality casino was apparent.  Anyway a very nice place and we will return (probably to eat a little steak).  And maybe get back the little money I lost.

So another day trip is behind us, the good times continue as we are still livin't the dream.

Phil