Anniversary weekend

Saturday was our 12th anniversary (oh hey.. 12th on the 12th.. just noticed that!) and we took a trip to the Oregon coast. There is an Indian casino we go to, and we had enough "points" on our player's card to get a free night in their lodge. We had never stayed there before and were very impressed by it. Here are a couple pictures of our room. I didn't get one of the bathroom, but it was nice with marble countertops and tiled floors.

































Anyway, so naturally we gambled. Hubby hit a 4-spot Keno his very first game. Cha-ching - $225. I didn't know about it, because I was playing machines. I was on my last $40, which I put into a red-white-and-blue 7's dollar machine and I hit 4 white 7's. Cha-ching - $400. So I go in the Keno lounge to tell hubby, found out about his win, and sit with him while his last 3 games are played. It was down to the last 2 balls drawn on his last game, and he hit another 4-spot. Cha-ching - $225. So we decide to take some of the winnings and play machines a little bit, and I hit 3 mixed color 7's. Cha-ching - $160. When all was said and done, we went to our room with $960. Naturally, I took a picture.
















After a free breakfast the next morning, we headed towards Depoe Bay. First, we stopped at the Taft district of Lincoln City. It was a beautiful morning. It was only 8:30 when we got there, so not many people were out. Here are some more pictures. I thought the fish sculpture was neat.
































Next stop was Newport for lunch, then to the man-made jetty where we saw the most unusual starfish. It had 15 arms. I'd never heard of such a thing, but looked it up on the internet, and discovered that it is called a sunflower starfish. Anyway, we had a lovely trip and managed to stay away from the 100 degree heat back home. (It was 70 at the coast) Here's a picture of that starfish.