Had A Blast In The Shreve

This president's holiday weekend I spent time reflecting on my country's leaders by celebrating in the land of the Louisiana Purchase. When Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory for $15 million he doubled the land of the United States. He also inadvertently created a gambling haven for Texans.
The trip was going to be Joanna, Clint, Kristyn, Chad, Randy, Danny, Brandy, James and me. However, a few couldn't make it and the number dropped. When Saturday rolled around, it was Kristyn, Clint, Chad and me in the car with Joanna already in Shreveport because of a death in the family. We drove to Nacogdoches, where we ate at Peking and played frisbee golf while Kristyn drove around Nac remembering the good times.
We arrived in Shreveport at about 5:00 in the afternoon and were anticipating a long wait on the $4-8 Texas Hold'em table. We called when we left Arlington, seven hours earlier, and put our names on the list, but we called after leaving Nac and they told us call-ins are only on the list for three hours. We arrived with three names ahead of ours. They hadn't taken our previous names off the list. We waited for a table for about 20 minutes.
Saturday night, we quit playing poker about 11:00. We ate at the diner in the hotel lobby and then went upstairs and ordered a movie. The movie was Flight of the Phoenix. Don't ever watch it. It stinks. Chad and I made fun of it the rest of the weekend, mainly because we were the only two who stayed awake for the entire thing. It was predictable and boring.
Sunday brought a new poker day. I went downstairs at 9:15 a.m. and sat right down for poker. Played about 7 1/2 hours with a lunch break in the middle of that. The girls did their spa thing. Joanna got beaten up during her massage. The lady internally bruised Joanna from her rubbing.
We all went to a seafood place for dinner that Clint and Kristyn found on a walk of Shreveport. They proceeded to tell us about it and then asked us not to come up to the room for 20 minutes. A little pregnant sex for the two of them. They got 22 minutes and barely finished. Some 66 second man he is.
The seafood joint wasn't great. It wasn't even good. They charged for refills after the first refill. They charged more for a loaded baked potato and you couldn't substitute your fries for a potato. And the food wasn't that great.
One great thing about staying in the hotel is you can put your name on the list for poker and then go up to your room to wait. They will call when they have a seat for you. We put our names down, went and ate dinner, came back to the room and watched Desperate Housewives before we were called again.
We woke up Monday morning and decided not to play in the poker tournament. We dined at the buffet for lunch and then drove home. We had lots of laughs and everyone enjoyed the trip. We even got a cheaper room rate because we played poker. It was great.