This is my first weekend here in the great state of Nevada. I was a little worried about finding stuff to do but was quickly told by the seniors in my class that this weekend is the River Regatta. Before I explain what that was (and I had to ask) let me explain the geography of Laughlin. I live in the tri-state area of Nevada, Arizona and California. The boarder of these states is the Colorado River. On the Nevada side, all the casinos sit on or near the river. On the Arizona side, all the shopping sits near the river. So on to the story...
I asked my seniors what the heck the River Regatta was and what exactly goes on. Very matter-0f-factly he said "People float in the river." Float in the river? Thats all you do is float in the river? The senior said "well, people drink beer and float in the river." I decided to go down to the river and check this Regatta out. Well friends, what I found was pretty interesting. I took a drive down to the river and I found a bunch of people floating in the river. I was shocked! Take a look. There were hundreds of people at this event just to float in the river. People were in all sorts of different floating devices from simple inter tubes all the way to pontoon boats decorated like pirate ships. After watching the floating, I decided to hit up the buffet at Harrah's casino to get a bite to eat.
I walked into the buffet and handed them my rewards card (each casino lets you sign up for a rewards card for free to earn discounts towards useless stuff) and the lady says welcome back Nelson right this way. I was already feeling pretty good when she said "we are going to take you into the VIP room and let you enjoy the perks of being a preferred member of our casino." Hot Damn! Ive only been here a week and I am feeling like Joe Presci in Casino minus all the ciggs. I ate some pasta and fruit and went on my merry way.
As I walked out, I saw a car being raffled off to the VIP member (take that all you common folk) so I decided to throw my name into the hat. After some reflection, I couldn't help think that all the people who signed up for this raffle could probably buy the car with the money they are losing at the craps table. Oh well, God Bless America and winning free stuff.
The next few weeks, I am hoping to check out the rest of the casinos and hopefully find some more interesting stuff to talk about. Also, I am hoping to spice this blog up with some pics. I posted some on my Facebook but I want to have this blog be one stop shopping for all things Spike. However, I am a little computer slow so I have found a hired gun. My good friend Chris will be co piloting this blogosphere with me and he will hopefully get this thing going full speed. As always friends, stay out of the heat and watch out for scorpions.
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