Blackhawk

Happy Sunday y'all! :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend because I know I sure did! Wow, I don't even know where to begin. I suppose I should explain my post title: Blackhawk. Well, lets just say it isn't referring to Blackhawk Down the movie or anything referring to a helicopter or quite simply a black "hawk." Blackhawk is a city in Colorado on the outskirts of Denver. Ok, it's more like in the boonies of Denver. No, no it is definitely a city in between the mountain ranges of Colorado. Yep, I was in the mountains this weekend, but not for skiing or snowboarding like what normal people do in the mountains.

Straight to the point now: I was walking through casinos all night Friday night into the wee hours of the morning Saturday! Yes my friends, I made my first baby steps into casino-land Friday night & wow is about all I can muster out of my mouth. Mind you, I did gamble a teeny-weeny bit, but I won my sixty bucks back thanks to one of the guys!

Where to begin, hmm. Well, as soon as we got to our hotel that night around 930, 10 ish, which was quite literally above one of the casinos, we began our journey out in the crisp cold night to Golden Gate Casino. Like I said earlier, it was my first time stepping into a casino, so of course I don't really know how to play anything except 21/ Blackjack! But I was a great spectator when my friends were playing Craps. By the way, Craps is a very complex game to try and learn, but I had a great time cheering on the boys whenever they won fair shares.

**Oh, and did I mention that drinks were free all night?! Yep, I bet you can predict what I was doing all night besides spectating & gambling ;)**

My action started at a Blackjack table where the minimum bid to play was $5 but of course I put in $20, whoops. I enjoyed playing, winning some and losing some; winning and losing some is all apart of life right? Eventually, the girls showed up about an hour later and we decided to casino-hop (haha instead of barhop, get it? lol) to The Lodge.

The Lodge was where we had the most fun! First stop: the Craps table where all of the action was happening. The girls and I were all about watching and cheering on the game and as boring as that sounds, it really wasn't bad at all! In fact, being a spectator was more fun than playing (at least for me). When the crowd is right at a Craps table it becomes even more fun to watch & cheer with everyone! Not to mention, the free drinks flooding our way every 30 minutes. The Lodges' Craps table is where I won back my Blackjack money and also where I had the most fun when I wasn't being a cheering, yelling and dancing spectator :) I won $45 thanks to Brandons bid on myself and Kirsten! Woo-hoo right?! And I didn't even know what I was doing either, which is quite entertaining to me. We were here for a couple hours, so it was well past midnight before we moved to the next casino.

The next casino we went to was Riviera (right across from our hotel). This one wasn't as "hopping" as the Lodge was, but we decided to walk around and see what was up. Lets just say we didn't walk around that much before we left for the next casino.

Lady Luck was our last & final stop for the morning. Quite literally the morning because it was 2 a.m. by the time we walked inside to the Craps table (of course). By this point, my lower back and feet were killing me. Yes, I am an old lady, thank you very much. But I was a trooper and kept going regardless of how my young body tried to tell me "you're stupid." The Craps table was OK, but we weren't there for very long because everyone was shutting down into sleep mode. So, 3 a.m. rolls around and we head back to the room.

I don't believe I ever mentioned who was included in the "we" throughout this thrilling and adventurous story. Well, there was 10 of us. 10 people. Let me reiterate that: 10 people were included in that "we," so when I say "we" were heading back to the hotel, I sure did mean all 10 of us. 10 people = 6 guys and four girls to one room with two beds. Let your imagination wander a little to figure out how that many people fit in one room. I was humored by it because there were so many bodies on the floor, in every crevice and nook possible. It was hilarious.

We only got 4 hours of sleep until we woke up to go a couple more casinos. Yeah, I was like "what?! you are kidding right?" and they sure weren't kidding. Anyways, long story short, we only stayed for a couple more hours until we finally hit the road back home.

I apologize for not having pictures of this little world, but I will make my way back down to Blackhawk in a few months probably. I had such a good time this weekend, meeting new people who I will soon consider true friends, gambling just a little bit, and creating many memories that I won't forget.