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Lucky Day Trip
07 months ago
by JR
in Mississippi Life
JJ and I have been grounded for the last month since we both have an insane amount of work for our classes. The weekends tend to be spent sleeping late and catching up on required reading (Me)/trying to get prepared for the week ahead (JJ). Even though we both have a ton of work to do, we decided on Friday night that we were going to wake up on Saturday and drive down to Gulfport. We have both been wanting to sample a burger from 5 Guys. We were not disappointed. The burgers were juicy and the amount of fries that came with the order could have fed a few people; We left with about a half a bag full of leftovers.
Yum. That would be about 5% of the fries that came with the order
You can already see where the grease was soaking through.
We left 5 Guys and decided to drop by the Island View Casino and spend 30 minutes or so playing the slots. We haven’t really gambled since our last trip to New Orleans about 4 to 5 months ago. We started playing at a couple of slot machines side by side, and then JJ decided that she wanted to play cards. She was gone about 20 to 30 minutes and later found me at a different slot machine. I had turned my $20 dollars into $140, and I was starting to get the feeling that it was time to go. JJ said that she wanted to drop another $15 and would be right back. I kept playing never really getting up more than $150. She came back and as we were getting ready to leave, I told her that I wanted to play one more pull at the max amount. Well, it hit and finally stopped at just above $500. Needless to say, It was a good day!
Not my machine, but you get the idea
We stopped by the outlet mall on the way home and tried not to blow all of our winnings. After paying for gas, lunch, and JJ’s shopping, we came out ahead about $400. It was a great day, and our profits will be placed in our travel fund. We are shooting for a few weeks in Europe next June, but it will depend on the balance of our travel fund. If I could keep hitting jackpots, the trip would be placed on the calender in permanent ink.
Last Free Weekend
21 year ago
Our good friends ,Jason and Jennifer, bought a boat at the beginning of the summer and have been trying to get us to out in the Gulf with them all summer. We finally had a weekend that we were all free. It happened to be our last free weekend before school started. Our other friend who was joining us happened to have lots of comps from the Island View Casino so he hooked us up with a suite and free meals. Check out the common room !
The Den
We had dinner at the new Carter Green Steak House and used every penny of his 400 dollar comp. I wish that I would have brought my camera. It was probably one of the best steaks that I have ever tasted. I had a Filet Mignon topped with lump crab-meat. AWESOME!!!! We topped off the meal with creme bru lei and bread pudding. It was a good thing that I didn’t have to pay for the meal. I would have had no money to gamble with.
We left dinner and hit the gaming floor for a few hours. JJ and I ended up sitting at the center bar playing video poker and enjoying free drinks. We didn’t win any money but still had a great time.
We got up around 8 and waited for the weather to clear before going out and buying fishing licenses and launching the boat. The weather was still somewhat overcast but it looked like we were going to be able to have a great day of fishing but it was not to be.
Heading out into the Gulf
The Captain and his first mate~!
JJ and our friend Dana
JJ and Glen
It took us about 45 min or so to get out past Ship Island. The sea was a little rough and JJ and I both were feeling somewhat seasick. We were just about to start fishing when Jason checked the radar and saw that a storm was coming into Gulfport. We decided that we would probably not enjoy being in really rough water so we ended up calling it a day.
Trouble Brewing
Even though we didn’t get to do any real fishing, it still was a great day. I can’t wait to get back out on the water in better weather. We did see some oil booms set up around Ship Island but didn’t see any oil in the water. We really didn’t get south of the islands and I was real curious to see if there was any oil washing up but the weather prevented us from checking it out. We made it all the way to the harbor when the rain started. We got the boat on the trailer in the rain and headed back to Hattiesburg.
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