Monthly Archive: July 2025

I started my day with a drive through Spearfish Canyon, a lovely scenic drive through the Black Hills National Forest. It is a deep canyon carved out by Spearfish creek. Two lane road all...

I started this day with a trip out to Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument. Southwestern South Dakota is so remote and far from anywhere that it is not visited as much as...

The road west through the southern half of South Dakota came with a marked difference in terrain, farmland crops, and weather. I took my time driving so that I could see a few of...

On my second day in Sioux Falls, I had to take some time out for laundry and to wash the truck. Felt good to be all set for the next half of my journey....

Started the day with a visit to Running Aces Harness Track and Casino, and then over to the Canterbury Park. Both are horse racing tracks combined with Casino Card Rooms (they don’t have slot...

As I approached Minneapolis/St. Paul, I had a plan of attack for the four casinos I wanted to play. I found a central location to stay for the night with it in mind that...

This was mostly a beautiful travel day on the road from Green Bay Wi, to Minneapolis/St. Paul MN. This region is so amazingly beautiful, filled with green rolling hills filled with corn for silage...

The Potawatomi (pronounced pa-ta-wa-ta-me, all strung together) casino is the tallest habitable structure in Milwaukee west of I-94 boasting 18 stories in the hotel. It’s located very near Lake Michigan. I had never seen...

After a short stop at Bally’s Casino began the drive from Kansas City. I had one planned stop along the way at the Indian casino Meskwaki Bingo Casino and Hotel. Played with 2 players...

Today my venture continued at the Kansas City Argosy Casino. This was a very attractive and comfortable casino and it reminded me of the Paris Casino in Las Vegas with a contoured “clouds” style...