I really had a good 7 hours of sleep before heading down for breakfast at the hotel. It was a buffet style with some good food, plenty of cereal choices and some well cooked hot food. I fuelled up and went back to my room to check emails and write up my blog before repacking my luggage.
I had arranged to pick up the rental car at noon from Budget and was able to get the Hotel shuttle bus to drop me off at the rental facility. I was able to upgrade to the next sized car for only $5 per day, so I ended up with a Ford Fusion for $79 per day all inclusive.
I was on the road ten minutes later. I had bought a GPS unit in the USA on my trip last year and it was a great idea as the option for a GPS unit from the rental company is $ 11 per day. As per last year I set a course for the local Wal-Mart store and picked up some food and drinks plus bought a few shirts and a hat.
From there I headed south into Connecticut and drove through Hartford and headed along the route 2 eastwards towards Norwich. I stopped along the way and had a break before setting course for the Mohegan Sun casino. It is a Native Indian casino set alongside the Thames River in Connecticut.
The casino is actually separated into four casinos called Casino of the Earth, Casino of the Sky, Casino of the Wind and Sunrise Square. The first three of them symbolised different Indian Legends and the fourth Sunrise Square is set out in an Asian theme. In between these areas are various shopping areas, a concert and show arena and the actual hotel accommodation towers. There is plenty of walking to cover the whole area. I sat at a Caribbean Stud poker table and played for a couple of hours before losing my buy in.
On the way out of the casino I stopped at one of the gift shops and picked up a pack of the playing cards used at the tables. Once they have been used the casino drills a hole through them and then sells them to the public. These cards have pictures of various Indian chiefs on all the picture cards.
It was only a twenty minute drive from there to the Foxwoods Casino which is also an Indian casino but is part of the large MGM group of casinos. This is spread over a bigger area than Mohegan Sun casino but is also split up into different buildings connected by interconnecting overhead walkways.
I looked at quite a few tables that were either $25 or $50 tables before finally finding a ‘Let It Ride’ poker table that was only $10 minimum bet. The table was quite fun with a lot of interesting people. I was once again going backwards with my betting and had just enough money left for one more bet so I placed it on all the points and did not look at my cards. I let it all go through to the turn over and the dealer turned over my three clubs, so I made a three card flush of my hole cards and when added to the other two cards the dealer had I also had two pair on the table.
That gave me a good amount of money to keep playing for a while longer and I had some more wins and about two hours later when I left I was up $350 for the day from both casino’s.
Leaving the casino to head for my accommodation in Groton the road was closed at a local bridge so there was a detour amongst some back roads winding through a very heavily wooded area. Finally I was back on the correct road and came to a Random Breath testing area. As I was pulling up in line the police waved my through as there was not enough room to safely pull in. I stopped and bought some dinner and then made my way to the hotel. I had booked in for two nights and will tomorrow drive over to Rhode Island and visit the city of Newport where the America’s Cup was run from for many years.
It did not take long to book into the hotel and I watched some television and read my book before heading off to bed.
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