I was out of Ann Arbor by 7am and rang home to see how everything was there. Following that I headed east to Detroit to visit the three casinos in the city. Detroit is a big city and the area the three casinos are in is a diversity of buildings from new models skyscrapers to older brick buildings. There is a beautiful old church right next to the Greektown Casino and all around the casino are old style buildings that have been refurbished.
After getting the chips from the casinos with varying luck at the tables I jumped back into the car to head west towards Illinois. Having been to both the casinos near Kalamazoo on Friday night I was able to keep driving straight through to the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Indiana. The casino is owned and run by the local Indigenous Indian tribe. There is a lot of tribal markings and items within the casino and I received an interesting pamphlet on the local tribe to read whilst I am travelling.
From there I travelled further west to Michigan City, Indiana. I arrived there about 6.30pm after stopping along the way to have a nap at one of the rest areas.
The Blue Chip Casino is in Michigan City, it is another flash new glass covered building in an area that was once on the main highway heading west to Chicago from the east. Now the large motorway takes the cars around the area and a lot of the old motels and business are looking very dated.
The casino is actually owned by the same company that owns the Gold Coast Casino in Las Vegas. So when I received my players’ card the attendant informed me I had a lot of points already on the card from two years ago when I stayed at the Gold Coast in Vegas. There were more than enough for me to get dinner from the Buffet. So after I went into the casino and picked up my chips I went to the Buffet and had a very filling dinner.
I had not pre-booked any accommodation for tonight and had intended staying in this area but as it was still early I decided to continue on into Chicago and visit some of the casino’s there before getting a room. I first stopped at the Majestic Star Casino and the Ameristar Casino which are close to each other in Gary, Indiana. Both are riverboat casinos where the actual casino is on a ship which is fixed to the land and you need to enter via large fully enclosed walkways.
I had a good time in both casinos, which for a Monday night were both very busy with not many empty spots for you to sit at. Leaving there I travelled into Chicago to the Horseshoe Casino. It is a huge casino which is very well set out and very well decorated. I played for quite a while there at various tables and only when I went to leave did I realise it was two o’clock in the morning.
This created a slight problem as I still had not arranged any accommodation. I got the GPS and looked up for hotels and found an Econo Lodge not far away. I drove over and was able to get a room quickly that had 11am checkout. It only took a few minutes to book in and I was straight to sleep.
Driving today covered around another 350miles.
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