Yep, needed our blankie last
night and woke to a brilliant blue sky, and condensation running down the
outside of the coach.
 |
| Early morning at Lake Pontiac State Park, view from front window |
We don’t have a long way to go
today and leave camp around 10am, heading north on the I75. Nice road, 4 lanes each way and in good
condition, not much traffic Motor cyclists don’t wear helmets in Michigan
either. Seems to be the northern states
where law doesn’t require this.
 |
| I 75 - four lanes, don't know about driving tiny Smart convertible at 70 mph |
 |
| The Coors advertising just balances the photo! |
First stop is Saginaw Michigan
(we finally made it, two years later). I half expected to hear Johnny Cash singing the
song as we drove in to town. We turned
down Tittabawassee (now that’s a mouth full) Road and arrived at our destination. Kim collected the parts from the Sears pick
up area and I had a power shop in Fashion Square Mall. On the road again just after 1pm. Just before
we got to the casino we drive through the little town of Pinconning, the cheese
capital of Michigan – apparently! Well
at least we did see numerous cheese shops.
Michigan is famous for fudge too, but the best places are mostly further
north. They will get a checking out to
see if the claim is true!
 |
| Pinconning MI - Cheese Capital |
Arrive at Saganing Eagle Landing
Casino RV Park, near Standish, around 2.30pm.
The RV Park is not obviously visible as we approach the casino, so we
drive right under the entrance portico and I go see where we check in. Ohh - we are getting a free gift, just need
to take the voucher over and pick it up later – exciting!
So the 50 site RV Park does have
50 amp and water, the site is level and paved, we have scored a picnic table
and at this stage of the afternoon only another half dozen RVs in the whole
place. We are parked next door to a
pretty fancy looking big airstream but we haven’t seen the owners, maybe they
gamble 24 hours a day. Surprisingly
there is an electric car charging station in front of us! There’s not much in the way of shade or
ambience, so let’s hope having dinner out and seeing some live music makes up
for it. Maybe we’ll throw a $ or 2 in
one of the 800 slots and see if Kiwi luck is any good here.
Slight disappointment : ( This
casino is not as our “Casino Camping” book claims, all that good stuff we were
expecting here is at the sister casino - Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt Pleasant, not
Saganing Eagle Landing. There is no live
music, hasn’t been for a couple of years and the food is a burger and pizza
joint. Must say though the cheese and bacon burger was pretty good and a glass of wine was $2.25!! And I didn’t have to cook! We have booked in for two nights so tomorrow
will ask the shuttle to take us down to the marina and wander around there for
a while.
This casino does have 800 slots
and as we walked through saw that at least 750 of them were being played! The carpark was full, but I guess this is the
only entertainment around, we are not even in a town, and it is Saturday night.
No comments:
Post a Comment