July 4thm 2024 Week - Staying home, staying local, or escape?

[jeffandnicole]

I did my 3 state tour...NJ, PA & DE, taking 22 minutes travel time to be in 3 states.  Ultimately, I did NJ-PA-DE-PA-DE-PA-NJ.  Met up with a few others in DE to go to the Philadelphia Union soccer match resulting in the multi-state travel.

[Scott5114]

My mother and I went to Lakecrest Casino and Hotel in Ardmore, OK today.

Interesting, that one wasn't in the pipeline yet when I quit the Chickasaws. They can really crank them out fast now that they have the Saltcreek-class floorplan to use as a template. I'm kind of amazed that they haven't fractured their customer base to the point of unprofitability yet, especially since they don't really differentiate their properties as much as the Las Vegas casinos owned by the same companies do.

[gonealookin]

Silvis, IL is a bit off the main path for the PGA Tour, but they have had a tournament here for something like 50 years and it's very well run.  The course they play on out along the Rock River has mostly great viewing angles for spectating.  I thought we might get hot and humid weather but there was never too much of either, and with only an occasional spit of rain we made it through four days with no weather delays.

And, compared to most places I go to, a vacation in the Quad Cities is certainly inexpensive.