Primm Valley, Nevada

Spent yesterday burning time (and a little money) at Primm Valley, NV. Also known as Stateline. We spent Friday night at Whiskey Pete's, did a little gambling, watched a couple live cover bands, and checked out Buffalo Bill's and the Primm Valley Casino.
Since we had the weekend to burn, we slept in, then got up and started exploring. We went in to Whiskey Pete's, hoping to take the monorail across to Primm Valley again - the monorail takes you safely across the freeway, when it doesn't break down in the middle and leave you stranded. It wasn't running, yet, so we walked on the street under the freeway instead of waiting for the shuttle bus. We walked around the mall, bought a green tea slush and a banana slush from Bogo'sTea, and looked at things we weren't really tempted to buy.
Then we went back around to the casino. We discovered that Buffalo Bill's has a movie theater, showing True Grit, which we hadn't seen, yet. So we watched it. A very enjoyable movie, well done, with some smart dialog and funny moments. I loved the language folks used, and the way the girl knew her stuff. I'd say she was the one with true grit.

Buffalo Bill's Desperado roller coaster

Collin ready to ride

Upon his return... (You'll want to blow this up some to see his expression.)

We also bought the Twilight Band wrist band for the rides. Collin wanted me to do the roller coaster with him, but I declined. He did the roller coaster twice, and we both did the 3D Vault twice, though I had to close my eyes through most of the second one. Even Collin said doing two in a row was too much for his belly. We did the Adventure Canyon Log Flume twice, despite the gun part not working. See, you get to go up and then down the chute, and the you are supposed to be able to shoot at targets around the casino as you float through. I thought it was still fun even without the guns. The second time we rode with a couple of kids, and the way they reacted made the drop even more fun.

Going Up

Coming Down!

A target in the casino

More targets...

Having gotten our money's worth, we then gave our wrist bands to a couple of guys who we hoped would be able use them to even more value.
Then we walked back over to the Mad Greek Cafe and had dinner. Collin had a Gyro sandwich and I had a Greek Salad with Gyro atop it, and Flogeres for desert. Very yummy, and filling. Luckily we could walk back under the freeway and walk some of it off before bed.
All in all, a good day spent. Today we get some business done, and then drive on in to Henderson to be ready to deliver first thing tomorrow.