June 3rd, Atlantic City

Breakfast
Uncle Danny invited us over for breakfast. They live in Brick, NJ now in a retirement community. There house is on the corner and it's very big and nicely decorated.

Uncle Danny made homemade French Toast with the thick bread and served it with Strawberries & Blueberries. He also made Sausage.

After breakfast, Sydney said she felt lightheaded, but refused to let Uncle Danny check her blood pressure, and she never checked it before she left like she was supposed to.

Gambling
I told Mom and Aunt Virgie that I would take them to Atlantic City to gamble. Syd and I planned on going to Ripley's Odditorium and to walk the boardwalk. Halfway there, Sydney was moaning that she was sick and I had to driver her all the way back to Uncle Danny's. She stayed there with him all day and slept. I think she just didn't want to drive a long distance again because she was complaining yesterday.

I had the directions for Bally's, but the main street leads you right into Caesar's, so that's where we started out. Mom and Aunt Virgie spent an hour gambling there while I walked around. I was inside until I saw the boardwalk. Some people claim that it's seedy, but I didn't think so at all...especially in the areas where all of the large casinos and restaurants are located.

It was beautiful out and I walked around and shopped a little. I bought a ring and a necklace as souvenirs and each one was $5.00.

When I went back to meet them, they wanted to go to Trump's. Aunt Virgie said she has good luck there. So, we hired a little bicycle driver and he drove us down there. They gambled for another 45 minutes there while I walked around again. Aunt Virgie won $240.00 and mom broke even.

We walked most of the way back to Caesar's, but then had the bicycle driver give us a lift the rest of the way because I thought Aunt Virgie was going to croak. And, my mom is to blame! I kept asking if they wanted a ride, but my mom kept insisting on walking.

On the way home, my mom was a terrible navigator. She was reading street names wrong, and she programmed the GPS to go back to the casino instead of to Aunt Virge and Uncle Danny's. Finanlly, we were on the road again!

We dropped off Aunt Virgie, and picked up Sydney and we were off because we were starving!

Dinner
We drove around trying to find somewhere to eat. We tried suggestions from the GPS, but they were mostly fast food places. We stopped at a gas station, and a Police Officer told us how to get to downtown Tom's River, and he even ok'd me to make an illegal left-hand turn. LOL He said he wouldn't pull me over. We couldn't find it though and ended up going back to a place that we saw on the way back from Aunt Virgie's. Plus, Sydney wanted a little swimming time (even though she was sick! Hmmm!). We really liked our dinner at least. Sydney had Baked Ravioli, mom had Chicken Parmesan, and I had Vodka Pasta. They also gave us pita strips with oil/vinegar and Salad that was sort of like Olive Garden's served family style. Our waitress was not too happy, but we were so hungry, we didn't care (except for Sydney).

Pool Time
Sydney is at the pool and mom is watching her. Our hotel is bustling tonight because I think there was some sort of party taking place. Right now, I hear Dion and the Belmonts in the background.