A Gambling Town

A group from Spirit of Christ Catholic Community named Young at Heart (members are 55 and over) travels monthly to Blackhawk, Colorado for a bit of gambling and fun. Sometimes, a treat of going to Cripple Creek, Colorado is planned and on September 5, 2018, there were forty-three persons who enjoyed going to the mountain town to gamble. It is a two and a half hour drive from Arvada though sometimes due to traffic it may take a bit longer.

McDonald's in Monument is a half way point and we stopped for some leg stretching and coffee break.

Many ate breakfast or used the bathroom before we were ready to continue our drive to the gambling town. We had hoped to see some golden Aspen leaves but only saw about ten leaves that had turned from green to yellow!

To pass the time, drawings were held to win small, silly gifts and jokes were told as we traveled toward our destination of Cripple Creek!

Arriving at Bronco Billy's in Cripple Creek we were greeted with a booklet of perks; twenty percent off coupon on merchandise, one dollar dessert or coffee, and one half off the lunch menu.
After getting a Player's Card everyone went to a favorite machine to try their luck at winning. As usual, win some and lose some though a few seemed luckier than others! Hostesses go around asking if we want anything to drink and since I get water, I do not know if free alcoholic drinks were also being offered. Many of the group went to Baja Billy's to eat Mexican food while others ate at
the Home Café.

One lucky person had her name called at random in the casino and won $75 and then the same person was called on the bus to win the "hot seat" gift. Now, how lucky was she?

Our trip home was full of chatter, laughter and questions about when a next trip would be planned!

"It's hard to walk away from

a winning machine,

even harder to leave

when you are on a losing one."

Cara Bertoia