Day 1 2011

Well, here it is, day one of our summer vacation. We decided to split our summer vacation into two this year, so this will be a shorter trip.  We managed to get through Chicago without incident and fairly quickly. We made sure to stop at the oasis for potty breaks before we got near Gary (as there are no bathrooms in that city). Our first day found us arriving in Michigan City, Indiana at the Blue Chip Casino and Hotel.   After checking in we opened the door to this fabulous corner room on the 15th floor with a beautiful view.

Since it was only 4, we decided to go to the outlet mall. It was very hot, but we managed to navigate through all of the stores. We were able to find a few things. We went back to the hotel and went to have dinner at the buffet. It was pretty good. My favorite was the bread pudding with raisins AND pecans covered with caramel sauce and real vanilla bean ice cream. Lindy's favorite was her salad made to order and personally tossed by a handsome gentleman. We both decided this was the first and last buffet of the trip . . . I'll keep you posted!
Next, we went to the casino. It is a large casino, but has kind of boring games. There are many slot machines but not too many video slots with fun bonus games. I did manage to win a bit on Kitty Glitter.

After awhile we went back to our room, pushed a button to close our mechanical curtains, pushed another button for the privacy light on our door and settled in. Tomorrow we're off to another country!
I hope you've all enjoyed living vicariously through our first day or our summer vacation.