HERE'S A GEOGRAPHY QUESTION FOR YOU, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU VENTURED PAST HAGERSTOWN...OR FREDERICK...FOR MANY OF YOU I BET IT WAS AWHILE...OKAY I'LL ADMIT IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS FOR ME TOO...THAT IS UNTIL JUST THE OTHER DAY, WHEN I TRAVELED TO ALLEGANY COUNTY TO VISIT THE BEAUTIFUL ROCKY GAP RESORT AND CASINO LOCATED IN A TOWN CALLED FLINTSTONE...YOU WONT FIND WILMA AND FRED BUT YOU WILL FIND A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEX WITH A BRAND NEW CASINO THAT OPENED MAY 23...IT IS MARYLAND'S NEWEST AND SMALLEST CASINO BUT LET'S NOT JUDGE ACCOMPLISHMENT WITH SIZE...THERE ARE 558 SLOTS AND 10 TABLE GAMES, ALL IN ONE LARGE COMFORTABLE ROOM...WHICH BY THE WAY, USED TO BE THE CONFERENCE CENTER...A NEW ONE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING...YES I DID TRY MY LUCK AT ONE OF THE SLOTS AND NOW THE CASINO HAS TEN DOLLARS OF MY MONEY...THE CASINO IS SMOKE FREE, THEY DO PROVIDE AN OUTSIDE AREA FOR SMOKERS WITH A GREAT VIEW OF THE LAKE, ALSO OFFERED ARE FREE COFFEE AND SODA AND BEFORE YOU ENTER IS A SNACK AREA CALLED A LITTLE MUNCH...THERE'S NO DOUBT THIS CASINO IS A VERY WELCOME ADDITION TO THE COUNTY..IT PROVIDED JOBS AND WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY...FROM THE BELTWAY AND 70 IT TOOK ME ONLY TWO HOURS TO GET HERE AND I WASN'T SPEEDING...AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S A SCENIC RIDE...IT'S SIMPLY 70 WEST TO 68 WEST...SIGNS WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE RIGHT EXIT....LOOK OFF TO THE RIGHT AND THERE IT IS, THE HOTEL-CASINO AND THE LAKE...IN ANOTHER BLOG I WILL REVIEW THE ACTUAL HOTEL AND ALL ITS AMENITIES...IN THE MEANTIME, PUT 50 BUCKS IN YOUR WALLET AND HEAD ON OUT...I WAS TOLD THE BEST BET IN THE CASINO IS THE PASS LINE ON THE CRAPS TABLE. WITH ODDS...OF COURSE I WAS TOLD THIS BY SOME GUY SELLING PENCILS OUTSIDE.
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