Laughlin isn't everyone's cup of tea, but free flight (Sun Country) and four nights calls to me. I'll just hit some highlights. Friend Connie and I did the trip. Harrah's, BTW.
1. Food #1. We already had an offer from our Hosts to treat us to dinner in the Range one night. But I also had a left over Diamond $100 Celebration Dinner expiring at end of January, so we did that at the Range first. I ordered a "one lobster tail." Came with salad and "vegetable medley." Took a chance on a lemon drop martini. Lobster tail was really good. Salad OK. Vegetable medley, well... The lemon drop was surprisingly up to my standards! Connie ordered the Porterhouse steak, same sides. The steak was awful, we both didn't go beyond the first bite. Not recognizable as any kind of good steak. Should have sent it back, but Connie doesn't roll that way. We told the person who cleared our table, he said he would tell the chef.
2. Food #2. Still, we thought that meal was a good rehearsal for dinner the next night. No Porterhouse for sure! I had seen the king crab legs on our way in the night before, already slit down the middle, easy to eat, so that would be my choice for dinner with our Hosts. Connie liked her bite of my lobster tail, so she would order that. I got another lemon drop. Connie and I shared lobster tails and crab legs, all good. My Host had the "special" with steak medallions, she said was excellent. I forget what Connie's Host had but she liked it.
3. Ate one meal at Beach Cafe, I had breakfast sandwich, Connie had BLT. Both very acceptable, cheap, nice staff. Last meal ate at Buffet. I believe the Buffet has gone down. Not great the last time, less this time. Best bet: Ice cream.
4. Gambling. I did well enough at slots two of the three full days, awful one of the days. Good hit at Konami "Little Devil" ($800...exquisitely lucky). Connie hit good at Konami "Lovely Butterfly" where the bonus round opens to hopefully fill in puzzle pieces to make one of the images, a Kitty being the highest. Connie hit that several times. She still has the horseshoe up her butt. Her best hit was at the lone $1 Blazing 7s machine in the non-smoking section. Hit the top for $1500.
5. My best. My best single hit (and most fun) was scoring $1700 in a session of High Card Flush. Caught some 4 and 5 card flushes and straight flushes. Love that game, but only in Laughlin where they deal to every spot regardless of the number of players. Also have $5 ante, sometimes raised to $10 when busy but one night they even lowered it back to $5! Of course it costs more if you bet the flush spot and the straight flush spot (which is how you make money), and of course if you have a hand to raise on. Best thing is no W2-G for table play. Love that game at Laughlin, much fun especially with a full or nearly full table. Another session cashed in with $200 profit after a lot of hours and nearly going all the way down. I have sworn off of it in Las Vegas Strip (Bellagio and Wynn) as they don't deal to every spot and for some reason that is not player-helpful. Not to mention their lowest is $15 ante. Always lost in Vegas and never saw anyone win on it. Hope they keep it the way it is in Laughlin.
6. Flight out was late leaving, and flight back was 2 hours late leaving due to bad weather everywhere else, pilot shortage, etc. But finally made it home with almost all my money intact for the next one!
Thanks for reading.
