Sounds like a very fun winning trip! Congrats and thanks for the report!
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, coachvee@... wrote:
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> Hi Gang:
> Hedy and I are back from a three-day trip to the Harrah's/Horseshoe
> properties in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and we are hoping and praying that the good
> people of Iowa and Nebraska get through the trying time they are
> experiencing right now.
> The Missouri River is cresting and the height of the floodwaters around
> Harrah's riverboat and hotel is reaching scary levels. The bottom level of the
> parking garage adjacent to the riverboat is covered by six to eight feet
> of water and the parking lot at the rear and to the right of the hotel is
> completely under water. It was strange to see only the tops of the trees in
> this lot and the upper half of the the light stanchions. The levees are
> holding so far but there was a breach of a levee to the north in Hamburg and
> many people were forced to evacuate their homes.
> Everywhere we looked during our stay we saw sandbags being laid out around
> electrical facilities and Thursday when we left to fly home we saw crews of
> men laying sandbags around the lower levels of the hotel.
> The College World Series is scheduled to open tomorrow at the new TD
> Ameritrade ballpark across the river in Omaha and they were hoping that they
> wouldn't have to reschedule or move games to another site due to flooding.
> All in all, it was very disconcerting to see. So, again, if anyone on this
> board is living through this nightmare, we wish you only the best.
> As far as our trip was concerned, Hedy and I decided to throttle back a bit
> and play the 10/6 DDB machines on the Harrah's riverboat at the 50-cent
> level almost exclusively. We also spent an afternoon at the Horseshoe and
> played triple play Super Times Pay 9/6 DDB at the quarter level. The first day
> and a half were fairly unproductive but late on Tuesday we hit aces a
> couple of times for $400 each and things got better from there.
> Hedy got aces and a kicker twice on STP for $500 each and we continued to
> hit low quads and aces over the last day and a half of our stay. The bottom
> line was a fairly substantial win for the level at which we were playing,
> so it turned out to be a good trip, financially speaking.
> Also noteworthy was the fact that the Diamond Lounge has been relocated to
> the top deck of the riverboat and is much larger and much more comfortable
> that the one previously located next to Aces Diner. It features a number of
> sofas, couches and large screen TV's as well as a shuffleboard table. It
> was open for a continental-style breakfast every morning from 10-11 and then
> lunch/dinner was provided.
> The food was fairly good, especially the last two days when they offered a
> tasty teriyaki chicken dish over rice and then baked pork chops with BBQ
> baked beans. Nothing really fancy, but satisfying nonetheless.
> Thanks to our host, who was very helpful and gracious, we also got two
> tickets to see Mumford and Sons, a folk/rock music group from England that
> played the outdoor venue on Tuesday night. We had never heard of them but they
> sure were popular in Iowa. Their concert sold out in 17 minutes.
> We made the trip primarily to see Hedy's niece and her family, who live in
> Des Moines. They drove down to meet us and spent the three days with us.
> The highlight for the kids (ages 13, 11, 9 and 2) was a visit to the Henry
> Doorly Zoo in Omaha. It is one of the top zoos in the country and the kids
> ... and the adults, too ... had a blast. Since Hedy and I are both Seven
> Stars players, Harrah's provided transportation to and from the zoo and allowed
> us to use our rewards credits to purchase our tickets. It was also sad to
> see Rosenblatt Stadium (right next to the zoo) vacant. The long-time home
> of the College World Series is being torn down, we are told, so the zoo can
> expand.
> We will be back at Harrah's AC tomorrow for a one-night stay then will be
> gearing up for the Seven Stars Signature Weekend in AC starting Thursday.
> Regards,
> CoachVee & Hedy
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