We just got back with the Vette from a day trip out to Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY. A sort of trial run trip as we prepare for our big trip in July 2008. This particular trip was with the Rochester Corvette Club and approximately 20 other Corvettes were there as well. It is always cool driving down the road with a parade of Corvettes, especially when you are near the front and can look in the rear view mirror and see a long string of front running lights behind you as all the cars hum along the road.
The group paused along the way at a rest stop on the Thurway (Port Byron) to meet up with some of the club members who were coming from farther east of the city. The weather, while somewhat cool – was pretty good, so the cars attracted lots of attention from people curious to see why there were so many Corvettes in one place. It is always fun to see people’s interest in the cars. For this particular trip, most people were driving C5′s or C6′s, but there were one or two each of C3′s and C4′s.
Anyway, this was our first time to Turning Stone and I have to say were were surprised by facility. We are Las Vegas regulars, usually spending one week in Las Vegas each year playing Black Jack, and usually find any regional casino as downright disappointing by comparison to virtually any major strip casino. However, the Turning Stone was in a similar class to a mid-range Las Vegas facility. In fact, we found it somewhat similar to the Red Rock Casino in Vegas. To be clear, it is not quite as upscale, but it is in a similar class and a pretty nice place. We’ll definately go back at some point and look forward to the trip again assuming the club does it again next year.
For the record, trip stats:
- Drove 220 miles, averaged 30.3 miles/gallon using less than 1/2 a tank of gas.
- Playing exculsively Black Jack, both Sandra and Jeff each made a profit.
- Sandra edged out Jeff by about $30 giving us a total profit of almost $230.
