Oklahoma-Texas border - Saturday, October 5, 2013 - Winstar Casino

Tonight was date night.  We got dressed up – nothing fancy just much better than our normal uniform of the day which is shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes.  There are 13 food venues at the Winstar Casino.  Greg chose Toby Keith’s Bar and Grill.  It turned out to be a very good choice.  He had ribs, I had shrimp – both were delicious.  We started out with a “tumbleweed” appetizer.  It was a huge stack of very thinly sliced fried onions and jalapeño peppers.  We picked out the jalapenos and enjoyed the onions.

I didn’t get any good pictures of the outside of the casino.  It was rainy on Saturday night.  I took the pictures that follow on Sunday morning before we left.  Not only was it rainy Saturday, it was downright cold.

We were very pleased with the accommodations at the Winstar RV resort.  I’m guessing, but I think they had 200 or so sights.  The roads were paved and extra wide.  152 of the sites have full hook ups with charcoal grills and picnic tables.  The primitive camping sites had fire rings and picnic tables.

We checked in at the registration building.

 

 

 

And found our site #166

 

Since this was our first time to stay here, we got our one night stay free.  But, I think the normal rate is just $25 for full service hook ups.  We signed up for casino promotion cards and $35 of free playing came with that as long as we played $20 of our own money.  We kept busy for a few hours losing that.  It was a very nice night out.  We decided this would be a nice place to spend a week or so just hanging out.  There is the opportunity for entertainment and a nice meal out if you want and it looks like there are several things of interest to go see in the area.

This Winstar complex is huge.  According to their advertising, it is the second largest casino in the world with over 7,000 electronic games, 75 table games and a 46 table poker room.  But, we still had trouble finding two empty slot machines so we could sit together to play.

This is what we found as we walked around the RV complex.

Indoor/Outdoor Pavilion which would make a nice site for a rally.  We looked in the door of the indoor facility and it looked like it would seat 40 or so.

 

 

The Indoor/Outdoor Pavilion was right next to a beautiful pool.

 

 

There are two very nice laundry facilities on site.  Even though we have a washer and dryer in the coach, they are too small to do some things like bedspreads, so I took advantage of this facility since it was right across the street.

 

 

There is a 24-hour shuttle to the Casino.

This is the view behind our site.  A walking trail is lighted for a nighttime stroll if you are so inclined.  They also have special areas for pets to walk.

Right across the road is a 27-hole golf course.

 

The hotel is being expanded and includes spa services (maybe next time)

They attract some big names in entertainment also.  We might watch the schedule and plan some time here again.