Go figure, it was raining. We spent an hour or two inside and if my memory serves me correctly, we all had our asses handed to us. But, I walked out with my first non-Michigan, non-Nevada casino chip. So take that Skagit.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Skagit
I visited the Skagit Valley Casino in Bow, Washington in December of 2004. It was part of a Seattle/Vancouver vacation I took with Hop and Joel. We flew into Seattle, rented a car and drove to Vancouver for the first 3 days, then drove back to Seattle for another 3 days. On the drive up to Vancouver, we stopped at a Taco Bell and ate. On the way out, the three of us were walking through the parking lot to our rental car when Hop stopped, opened the car door and almost got in. Except it wasn't our rental car. I guess he had forgotten what ours looked like. It was nice to know that the area was safe enough to leave your car unlocked. On the way back from Vancouver, we stopped at the Skagit.
Go figure, it was raining. We spent an hour or two inside and if my memory serves me correctly, we all had our asses handed to us. But, I walked out with my first non-Michigan, non-Nevada casino chip. So take that Skagit.
Go figure, it was raining. We spent an hour or two inside and if my memory serves me correctly, we all had our asses handed to us. But, I walked out with my first non-Michigan, non-Nevada casino chip. So take that Skagit.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Blog Update
Now that I have uploaded my current collection of $5 casino chips, I'll start to post some of the cool stories that go with some of these chips. I'll also be posting pictures of any new chips I get from here on out.
To start, the first chips that I actively sought to get were the Barbary Coast 25 Year Anniversary chips. There were 4 in all, one each for the 4 original owners. They were; Kenny Epstein, Michael Gaughan, Tino Tiberti, and Frank Toti.
I was able to get two of the four through normal blackjack play at the BC. After a few gin and tonics, I decided I had to have all 4. After hours of play, I was still stuck with just 2. So, I went to the cage and asked for the other two. It took them a while to go through stacks of chips and find the two I wanted, but seeing how it was probably 4am when I did this, I think they lady was more than happy to humor my drunk ass. So, I had the 4 original owners. I also scooped up a BC house chip (one of my all-time favorites) and my collection had begun. Live the Legend.
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