Well, I’m back in Tulsa. Sadly to say, I was not able to win a fortune at Shreveport, actually I was not able to win anything. But I did have a great time. The trip was not bad at all, and some parts actually very entertaining. The hotel was a strange, yet eventful place to stay. The casinos were smoke filled and full of drunkards. Yet, it all worked out great. Let’s start off with the trip…

Sean and I headed out to Dallas where we would stay the night at his parent’s house. Lucky for us, we had quite a bit of music from Sean’s portable mp3 player. That in itself was useful, because I was able to hear and remember songs I do not have or have not heard in awhile. Four hours later, we were in Dallas, eating some pizza from a local italian restaurant (the name eludes me).

When we awoke in the morning, we met his sister at his parent’s house and headed out. She also had good taste in music, from System of a Down to Papa Roach. After about 2-3 hours, we decided to stop and eat in Canton, Texas. We ended up going to Diary Queen. Not knowing what to order, S asked what came on the hamburger. Without hesitation, the clerk responded, “Meat.. mustard..”. We all quickly placed our order and laughed hysterically. We couldn’t believe that this girl’s first response to what comes on a hamburger was “Meat”. This was the source of many of the jokes that followed for the rest of the trip. To top it off, Sean’s sister gave her a $20.00 bill for the bill. While waiting for some change, because her drawer was short, she turns to Sean’s sister and says, “You know this wouldn’t happen if you used exact change.” She was being serious, not trying to be rude, just explaining that it would not happen if she used exact change. We figured she wasn’t the brightest girl in the world, and continued on with our trip.

We arrived at our hotel, Chateau Suite Hotel. We find out we have a suite, and head up to unload. When we enter the room, we look at all of the features of the room. A few stick out. First off, we have 4 shower heads in the shower with a handheld shower hose to go along with it. The shower is equipped with 4 adjustment nozzle that operate each head and temperature. But this is not the strangest part of the shower. In the back part, dubbed the “Midget Cave” is a small ledge in which a little person would be able to stand and watch.

Looking around the rest of the bathroom, we find a hair dryer. This is not a normal hair dryer. This is the “Typhoon”. The Typhoon is an industrial sized hair dryer that pushed out more air than a leaf blower. It has a huge flexible cord that allows you to walk into the shower, and even into the hallway outside the bathroom if you so desired. We finally left our room and headed to the bar downstairs to receive our free drinks.

We waited for around 20-30 minutes before the bartender finally came back to the bar. We gave him our coupon, which intitled us to free drinks a piece, and went into the lounge to watch the football game. The bartender soon came in after around 3 minutes, and changed the channel to the same channel. Confused, he asked us, “Is this the game that everyone wants on?” in his feminine voice (yes he was extremely gay). Baffled by the question since the game was on, we informed him yes. This was just another odd experience at the bar. We ordered our last drink each, which we had to explain to him about the coupon being 2X’s each person, and since we had 3 people, we had 6 drinks. He finally gave us our last drink, and we were on our way.

We walked to the first casino on our list. We played for awhile, then went to another one right down the street. We played slots, video poker, and $1/$2 No Limit poker. We decided we wanted to visit the casino across the river, and called for a taxi. This man was an older gentlemen, who allowed me to sit up front. When I encouraged him to report back to his supervisor that it looked like I was hiding drugs in balloons up one of my cavities, he laughed a bit and ignored it. Once across the river, we went inside. We did not see much of a difference at this casino, and Sean wanted to play some more No Limit poker at the other casino, so we decided to head back.

Now this next taxi driver was a little younger. I again asked if I could ride up front, in which he granted. I asked him if he had any wild stories to about the night. He said nothing really happened tonight but explained that he has been shot, shot someone, been stabbed, had a couple have sex in his cab, and he himself have sex in his cab before. Baffled by the list of events that have occured in his cab, I stopped asking questions. Sean thought it would be a good idea to continue though. He explained how before hurricane Katrina hit, he moved out of New Orleans because hurricane Melody hit. He informed us that his girlfriend Melody dumped him and that she saved him from the actual natural disaster.

We got out of the cab, and all commented how we were glad that we made it alive. We continued to play a games and have free drinks for the rest of the night. Once we headed out the next day, we made it a point to stop at the same Dairy Queen to see the same girl. This time it was not quite as entertaining, but we still enjoyed every bizzare thing she did and said.

Overall, I had a great time. Sean’s sister was a blast to hang out with, and I am looking forward to reliving the memories next time she comes to visit Sean. Hope everyone had a great weekend, and hope everyone is enjoying MLK day.