L'Auberge Du Lac

This was a very different Saturday night. As close as we are to the casinos in Lake Charles, Susan & I have never been there together. Susan has gone along with my mother and my aunt Gracie to Delta Downs a time or two, but we've never been to any of Lake Charles's several other casinos together as a night out, even though the drive is only about 45 minutes. We just have never gotten around to it.

We finally did on Saturday. We joined our friends Rich and Patrice in their new motor home to the L'Auberge Du Lac Resort. It was a nice ride over complete with wine, cheese, and good conversation while watching a James Taylor concert on DVD. Very relaxing. A heartfelt "thanks for driving" goes to Patrice (on the way over) and Rich (coming home).

It was a first trip to the the L'Auberge for all of us and we'll definitely be going back. It is hard to believe such a nice casino is right in our backyard! It looks like something right out of Las Vegas, just smaller.

We had dinner at the casino after our first choice turned out to be a bust. We had hoped for a nice Italian dinner at the Italian Villa, a quaint little restaurant in an old house on Ryan Street that Susan & I had been to many years ago. Sadly, it's now a dress shop. The food at the casino was excellent, though. The really fun part was that we came out $80.00 ahead, which paid for our gas and dinner and still left $20.00 to spare. I wish every night out was as cheap!