We started the day with a delicious breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Beth decided to try something new and is now in love with Eggs-In-The-Basket which is two slices of Sourdough bread, each grilled with an egg in the middle. I stuck with my standard Old Timer’s Breakfast.
Eggs-In-The-Basket
We were on the road by 8:30 AM CDT. Since we had another long drive ahead of us I decided to test my professional napping skills so Beth drove through Topeka, KS and Kansas City, MO. We switched drivers at a Rest Area just East of Kansas City. We stopped to top off the fuel tank at the Sam’s Club in Wentzville, MO so that we’d have plenty of fuel to avoid the high fuel prices in the next blue state (Illinois) tomorrow.
We arrived at the Casino Queen RV Park in East S Louis, IL (just across the Mississippi River from the Gateway Arch) at 3:45 PM CDT. We stayed here last year on our way out to Colorado, but were too tired to check out the casino. Tonight we gave it a try. We ate dinner at their sports bar Sevens. We shared an appetizer of chicken fingers with buffalo sauce and split a Philly Cheese Steak. Both were good (not great), but the price was definitely right.
After dinner we tried out the casino and weren’t that impressed. I was excited when a waitress offered me a drink before I could even sit down at a BlackJack table, however I was extremely disappointed when she returned and charged me $5. Whoever heard of paying for your drinks in a casino? So now I’m not only losing money gambling, but I’m losing money drinking too? On a positive note, the same gaming commission that allegedly requires them to charge for drinks also prohibits smoking. This wasn’t enough for me to overcome the $5 drinks, especially since there was no one else playing BlackJack which just increased the speed at which I lost my money. So I was ready to leave shortly after I started and Beth felt the same way about the slot machines. We returned to the camper (via the free shuttle) and enjoyed a couple of semi-free cocktails before going to bed.