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Mutant Energy Update and Quinault Beach Resort
By swenson | August 24, 2009
New strip on Examiner, and I’ve only watched the first season of True Blood if you’re wondering about the comments.
I’m amazed I got to a second strip this week after taking a vacation. It wasn’t exactly a planned vacation because originally I was supposed to meet my parents in Idaho–but after mapquesting the drive at 8.5 hours I said to hell with that. Since I already took the time off from my morning job I had to do something with my wife.
We went to Quinault Resort, an Indian Casino on the beach. Kind of disappointing for the price. For 139.00 we got a cramped room compared to staying at Shilo Inn down the road for the same price and getting a spacious room (which is where we stayed last year).
Apparently Quinault doesn’t think couples like to watch TV in bed so you have to sit on the small couch. As for the fireplace it divides the already tiny room. The balcony? No balcony, it’s one of those fake looking ones that extends out about 3 inches so you can lean against the railing–the kind they built all over downtown Seattle. Why any hotel alongside the beach would use that design is beyond me. You look forward to a balcony when you go to the beach.
The view was nice and the beach was fairly empty–this is at Ocean Shores where you can drive on the sand and aim for small children and seagulls. We ended up eating at Shilo Inn because Quinault’s main restaurant had terrible service. Pretty much people felt like an inconvenience from what I saw and the staff looked unhappy. My wife noted the restaurant was named “Emily’s” after the founder who had her face smiling on the wall. Long dead, it’s hard to say if she would be pleased with how her restaurant is being handled.
Oh well, we came out 40 bucks ahead on the slots. I can’t understand how many old people just sit at those machines all day long and lose their money. We met one old woman in the elevator who said, “Don’t let them fool ya, the golden years are a pain in the ass.”
Gee, I’m looking forward to getting older.
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