.......tomorrow morning on the first leg of a journey that will complete my quest of visiting ALL 50 States. After spending Labor Day in Philadelphia with Nancy's daughter, son-in-law and grandson we will be flying to Minneapolis early on Tuesday morning.

On Wednesday morning we will be meeting our good friends from Tennessee John and Cindy Zoesch to begin a 10 day trip across North and South Dakota. North and South Dakota are the only 2 states I have never visited.

John has laid out a schedule that will take us to many, many Casinos in the 2 states. I will be picking up a lot of slot cards and room keys for my collection and I am sure John will be gathering a lot of chips for his collection as well. There are a few Casinos in the Dakotas that have Roulette, but unfortunately they are located in remote areas that we will not be visiting - so no roulette chips for me on this trip (what a bummer).

We will be spending an ample amount of time in the Deadwood and Mt. Rushmore area - riding on trains, panning for gold and accumulating gambling collectibles.

Nancy and I are looking forward to spending some quality time with John and Cindy on this grand adventure. We will be back home on September 19th with our bags full of goodies and a lot of memories.

Take care,
Jerry