I was going through my library of photos last night and came upon this picture I took earlier this century on a trip back to my old home zone of Washington.
The pod of Orcas you see here are part of the entry to the Tulalip Resort Casino complex. The Tulalip Resort Casino complex is in Marysville, a town north of Seattle, about 40 miles south of my place of residence prior to moving to Texas, that being the town of Mount Vernon.
Texas evicted most Indians and their tribes way back in the 1800s. So, Texas only has a couple Indian reservations with small casinos.
When I was a young lad going to Nevada was a novel experience, to Reno or Las Vegas, or any other town in Nevada, due to the legalized gambling, with slot machines ubiquitous, not just in casinos.
And then the native tribes of the west coast won legal battle after legal battle establishing their right to operate casinos. Eventually this rendered going to Nevada not nearly the unique experience it once was.
My old home county of Skagit has two big casino complexes. The Skagit Casino Resort is the location of one of my all time favorite buffets, of which I partook frequently when I lived in the valley. The other casino complex in Skagit County is the Swinomish Casino & Lodge, which is the location of my all time favorite seafood buffet.
Today if I wanted to partake of a buffet in a casino I could drive about 20 miles north, crossing the Red River into Oklahoma, to go to the Morning Star Buffet in the Kiowa Red River Casino.
The buffet may be good at the Kiowa Red River Casino, but I have not partaken, I know from personal experience the buffet at Oklahoma's WinStar World Casino Resort is real tasty, with the best coffee I have had in all my years in the South.
I am about 100% certain I will not be going to a casino today. I am also about 100% certain I will not be seeing any Orca pods today playing in Lake Wichita, or any other Texas location.
Well, maybe Sea World in San Antonio. Or have the captive Orcas been freed?
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