HARVEST ADVENTURES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR

BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE, NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IT; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.
REGGIE

PERSONAL HARVESTING STORIES

CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO

By:RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER

CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO SITS AT THE BASE OF PIKE’S PEAK. IT IS ABOUT 50 MILES FROM COLORADO SPRINGS. I WAS ON A ROAD TRIP WITH MY YOUNGEST SON KEN. NANCY HAD WENT TO HAWAII WITH ONE OF HER GIRLFRIENDS (KARLYE). KARLYE WAS ONE OF THE WELCOMING GIRLS ON MR. ROARK’S FANTASY ISLAND. SO MY SON AND I WENT ON A ROAD TRIP, THIS PART OF THE TRIP; STARTED OUT AT ASPEN WHERE WE STAYED OVER NIGHT. HE WANTED TO TAKE HIS NEW MUSTANG OVER INDEPENDENCE PASS, ONE OF IF NOT THE HIGHEST ROAD PASS IN THE US AND THEN IT SNOWED. (IT WAS IN LATE JUNE) WE ENDED UP IN CRIPPLE CREEK. IN THIS TOWN YOU CAN WALK UP ONE SIDE OF BENNET STREET AND DOWN THE OTHER AND HIT VIRTUALLY EVER CASINO IN 3 BLOCKS OF THE GAMBLING TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK.
THIS WAS DONE IN A LITTLE LESS THAN A DAY. I KNOW I HIT THE FOLLOWING CASINOS: BILLY’S, DOUBLE EAGLE, ELK CREEK (ANTIQUE STORE FIND), JP MCGILLS, JOHNNY NOLAN’s, MIDNIGHT ROSE, WILD HORSE SALOON #2, WILDWOOD & WOMACKS. WE STAYED OVER NIGHT AT WOMACKS HOTEL.
I PICKED UP A FEW HANDS IN THE MIDNIGHT ROSE, THE WEATHER GOT CRAZY, COLD WIND AND A HARD RAIN, WHICH STOPPED MY SON FROM TAKING ON PIKE’S PEAK.
I NEVER HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH ANY OF THE CASINOS IN CRIPPLE CREEK, AND AS A MATTER FACT WHILE AT THE WOMACKS, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A VERY NICE DEALER AND PIT BOSS. THEY POINTED OUT TO ME THAT WOMACKS WAS THE ONLY CASINO IN TOWN AT THAT TIME THAT HAD $2.50 CHIPS, I BOUGHT 8. I WISH I HAD BOUGHT MORE…REGGIE