Definitely not a vacation
@1creekgirl (43770)
United States
June 26, 2025 9:14pm CST
Dale and I went to Cherokee on Monday to the casino resort there in western NC.
The whole trip was pretty close to a nightmare. First of all the car rental company messed up our reservation so we didn't have a good car. Then the traffic was horrendous.
We stopped for lunch at a restaurant we loved which was about four hours away, but it was awful.
The only good part was a museum that had a P3 plane like Dale flew in the Navy. He enjoyed that, but it was SO HOT!
The whole trip took 7 hours. We spent one night on the way, but neither of us sleeps well in a hotel.
The resort was nice, but the casino was huge! That night we got lost trying to get back to the hotel lobby.
It was honestly like a nightmare where you can't find your way or anyone to help.
Oh yeah, there was a terrible storm that knocked out power and half of the elevators didn't work. We finally got a hotel shuttle van that rode us back to our lobby.
We were so exhausted. I still didn't feel my best from this UTI and there wasn't anyplace to eat breakfast the next morning. You had to get a shuttle to get to the buffet, which we didn't want to do in the rain.
Everything considered, this was not at all a good vacation.
It's so good to be home.
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@FourWalls (76092)
• United States
27 Jun
I’ve seen that casino at Cherokee. It’s gigantic. It’s easy to get lost in a huge place like that. (Maybe they want you to get lost so you’ll go back to the casino and spend money. 
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Sorry it was a rotten time all the way around.
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Sorry it was a rotten time all the way around.5 people like this
@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
The power outage made everything even worse.
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@Aquitaine24 (11891)
• San Jose, California
28 Jun
@1creekgirl Oh no! I hope you weren't in an elevator.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
6h
@Aquitaine24 I was a little nervous, but thankfully they worked.
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@kareng (76403)
• United States
28 Jun
@1creekgirl Good! The rash is almost gone and very little itching left. I will see an allegry/asthma specialist toward the end of June.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
@kareng Hope you get a good report and will be well soon.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
Thanks, Karen. How are things with you?
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@LadyDuck (477503)
• Italy
18h
@1creekgirl And I wonder why changes are never for the better.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
I wonder why things like that have to change.
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@Deepizzaguy (111281)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Jun
I am in agreement with you that you are home once again.
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@Deepizzaguy (111281)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Jun
@1creekgirl I am in agreement with you.
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@MarieCoyle (45574)
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27 Jun
This would not be a good time vacation for anyone. It sounds miserable, I am so sorry.
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@MarieCoyle (45574)
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28 Jun
@1creekgirl
I hope the next time you are able to go somewhere, it’s a lot more pleasant than this!!
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@GardenGerty (164411)
• United States
27 Jun
Enjoy being home. I hope you get rested up. I have heard your area is going to have lots of storms.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
We've had way too much rain, especially for the garden. Are you all getting storms?
@Aquitaine24 (11891)
• San Jose, California
27 Jun
does the casino have a good bufet?
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
I think it had one in the second tower, but we didn't want to get a shuttle in the rain.
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@RasmaSandra (86419)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jun
So sorry you had such a bad experience, I hope you have recovered now,
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
A stay-cation is exactly what we need!
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
That's funny. The best part of ours was seeing the P3 plane like Dale flew on in the Navy.
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@Chellezhere (6075)
• United States
27 Jun
It's that always the case? It's good to get home and have a vacation from your vacation.
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@LindaOHio (192811)
• United States
27 Jun
I"m so sorry the whole trip was a bust. How disappointing. I'm glad you're home safe and sound.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
It's really nice to be home.
Our garden was going well, but all this rain has ruined a lot of it. The potatoes Dale dug are rotting even after digging them and the tomatoes are mushy. The squash did well and so far so good with the okra.
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@LindaOHio (192811)
• United States
19h
@1creekgirl Sorry about your garden. It's really dry here. Eva has been getting more rain than me. It's been staying south of us.
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@1creekgirl (43770)
• United States
28 Jun
We're thankful God kept us safe, especially in that terrible traffic.
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@snowy22315 (191907)
• United States
27 Jun
Sounds horrible. Maybe when the leaves change I will try to get Dow n to the Smokes. Thus would not have been a good week for a vacation.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52753)
• United States
27 Jun
I’m sorry that the trip was a disaster.
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@Marilynda1225 (85122)
• United States
27 Jun
That does sound like a very disappointing vacation. I'm sure you were doubly glad to be back home after all that.
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