Vacation ups and downs- Day 1

I needed a vacation.  Everyone has been telling me that and I have to agree.  We are in Laughlin.  I needed time near the water, UNFORTUNATELY the river is very low and the whole idea of taking a river cruise and just watching the river run now needs to be re-evaluated.  ARGH.

I will never eat at Harrah's buffet again.  I had an unpleasant experience.  It's expensive- well, pricy for what they offer- and I went to get dessert.  SOME of the desserts had warnings on them about nuts, I am allergic and I really SHOULD know better at this stage of the game.  I asked the person behind the counter if the strudel had nuts and she said "not that i'm aware of" so I got a piece.  seriously a lot of the other desserts said they had nuts so I MISTAKENLY assumed that the warnings were done universally.  NOPE!  A few bites in, I discover the walnuts.  I am only mildly allergic to walnut ( well I think so, I really never liked the taste of them so I don't really know)  I took an antihistamine and asked to speak to the manager .  I din't WANT anything from him, I wasn't asking for a comp or anything, I just wanted him to know what happened. His answer?  " we change the recipe all the time so I can't tell what's in it every day"  REALY?  Now I know traditional strudel does have walnuts ( except mine which has raisins)  I said "I'm allergic.  YOU COULD KILL SOMEONE by not warning them,"  He did not look like that statement was registering with  him.

Chris hit a fairly large jackpot.  We were fooling around in the casino.  He was down to the last 8 bucks in the machine and he said, "aw, I'm going to max bet the last two pulls"  I told him to go for it.  I was tired.    He hit $2,800 on the very last pull.  NOW our vacation just got a whole lot better!

Still, the reason I came here, to relax by the river is not going to work out as planned.  Time to regroup and see what else there is to do here.  We leave tomorrow for Arizona