Laredo, Tx To Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino

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We're behind on posting the blog because we are boondocking in places where there just isn't any signal.  We are currently in Fort Davis.  This post is from Eagle Pass so we are three days behind in posting.  Tomorrow I will post the Pecos River Bridge Overlook.

Spent a nice evening at the Texas travel center in Laredo.  In the morning we went into the visitor's center to use the internet.  Great signal in a small conference room with big-screen television watching the news.  Always friendly and helpful people.   We picked up a couple of brochures and then headed out.  There is a lot of road construction so we had a few delays but we're not in a hurry to get anywhere. 

Our first stop was to buy fuel at Pilot.  We were running late so we popped into the McDonald's for a dollar sausage and cheese muffin and a senior coffee.  I see the fuel price signs in dollars and it kind of freaks me out until we do the calculations only to discover it is less than what we are paying at home in Mexico.  It was $3.59 for regular.  We took Hwy 83 heading to Uvalde and Eagle Pass.  As we pulled into Eagle Pass I saw the high school where I had taught a course.  It seems like so long ago but it was only a few years back.  

We did a grocery shop since we hadn't brought anything fresh and the fridge was basically a cold water station.  We brought along two bottles of vodka, a few canned items, milk in tetra (not sure what they call that now), and some snacks.  The HEB in Eagle Pass has the largest and most congested parking lot I have ever seen.  I asked the guy in front of us at the checkout what was going on and he said it was everyone from Piedras Negras and he hoped HEB would open a store there soon.  However, it was like the last days, but stockers were keeping things up and running.  Very good customer service.  

I got a chuckle from one of the cashiers when I asked about the best way to get to the casino.  He said, "let me see your smartphone".  Heck, I can do that I wanted some common sense directions.  Our phones don't have enough memory and Google Maps peter out frequently on us.  But we got it done and off we went to do some gambling.

We were at the casino back in 2019 according to their records.  We boondocked on the south side along the Rio Grande.  It was nice and the weather good.  Yesterday it was 103F so we decided we needed to fill up with water and get out of the heat.  Not a complaint but a heads up.  They have a nice rv park considering it's an RV park.  There is a pay pedestal but it no longer works.   There is no signage to that effect and inside they tell you that you have to book a reservation online.  Well, you can't when there is no wifi.   It all worked out but the wifi didn't work.  They sent a tech out to the RV section but he never arrived.  The hotel is a separate company and we could see their signal.  The casino said that we had to have a room to get that signal.  I went to the hotel and the front desk and the clerk gave me the code saying it wouldn't reach the RV section.  It's been working great and I'm typing this blog post on the signal.  

We each gave the casino five dollars in an hour's time and that was enough gambling for the next three years!  We had a wonderful happy hour and prepared a taco salad for dinner.   We watched Better Call Saul.  

This morning is cool but the afternoon heat will pick up.