Morongo Casino

I went to Morongo for the weekend with my parents and brother for a little family getaway.  I’ve been to Morongo casino a couple of times and its fun but I’ve never stayed in one of their rooms.  Morongo is the only casino I know that is 18 and over and with free wifi for guest.

Our room was on the 22nd floor the view was of the mountains.  The room had a living room and 2 bathrooms with a sliding door dividing the bed room and the living room.  Each room had its own ac system which was nice.  The bathroom by the front door didn’t have a lock so it was kind of like wtheck man.  The main bathroom had a Jacuzzi tube so that was cool but it was very dimmed in the bathroom wish it was a little brighter.

They have 2 swimming pools a shallow one for kids and a regular one.  There is also a lazy river and a water slide with 2 Jacuzzi, a pool side bar and cabanas for rent.

We had dinner at Potrero Canyon Buffet it had a nice selection I tried lamb for the very first time and it wasn’t that bad.  I love their mushroom risotto! I wasn’t too happy with where they sat us we were stuck in their private room area which would have been fine if it didn’t feel like they stuck every big group of family with crying babies in there.  So that was kind of disappointing.

Food court area has a couple of different things; there is Panda Express, Fatburger which is open 24/7, Nathan’s Hotdog, Haagen Daz, and LA Italian.  I tried Fatburger for the first time! Well just their chili cheese fries and it was delicious!  There is a couple other restaurant and bars around the casino that I didn’t catch the name off.

There is also an outlet down the street! Yay shopping! It is call Desert Hills Premium Outlets also known as Cabazon Outlet. Lots of stores to check out like Coach, D&G, Gucci, and more.  Anyways here are some pictures of the room!

left to right: Entry way, 1st Bathroom, Coffee and ice stuff in bathroom,

Living room facing the 1st bathroom stain glass window.

Left to right: Living with the dividing door close, with it open,

bedroom facing 2nd bathroom, and from inside the bathroom facing out.

Left to right: 2nd Bathroom, Jacuzzi, Super early morning mountain,

sun setting view.

Complimentary bowl of chocolate mints yum!

End of January plus February update

I ended January in the worst way by getting sick again! The worst part was my ears were plugged for 2 weeks even after I got over being sick it was driving me crazy I sounded sick all the time!  When I finally got one ear to pop it was when I was driving on the freeway.  Everything was extremely loud it hurt! Such horrible timing. I got my right ear to pop couple days later.  But now when ever my ears plug up I always have to try and pop them right away because  I'm always scared or paranoid it'll stay like that for a couple days to weeks again!  What I took to help me get over this congestion was Sudafed Pressure + Pain.

Anyways so February was so eventful! First my cousin gave birth to her first kid she's so adorable looks just like her dad.  Then it was Chinese New Year which I celebrated with my family,  and Valentine's Day. It was one of the best Valentine’s Day I've had ever! It was stress free not thinking about how to plan the perfect Valentine’s Day and just do what was simple and fun made it so much easier to have fun.

My boyfriend and I put a budget on our spending so we wouldn't go to crazy over board with the whole Valentine thing. I made him a few different kinds of chocolates and his favorite chocolate covered pretzels which I made in white chocolate and milk chocolate, I also made some of each with coconuts shreds. It tasted so good with the coconuts!

What he got me was a big surprise! I've never got a giant card before and what he wrote in there made me tear up a little bit. He also got me stuff animal, candy, and a coach sunglass. Talk about putting a budget on gifts! I love it all! He's the sweetest guy in the world always surprising me! I love him!

         What he got me ^               What I made him ^

So our plan for the day was to get some breakfast and watch movies bum at home. We were starting a rush hour marathon but decided to watch another movie he really wanted to see after the first rush hour but we both ended up falling asleep.

So after we woke up from our nap we were talking about what to do. We end up going to Morongo casino since he has never been there. It was about an hour drive.

It was so much fun I’ve never really gambled much and we didn’t lose! Morongo did us good! :) This time.

I don't know what was going on, on Valentine’s Day with how people were driving but there was so many accidents going to and coming home from Morongo! I've never seen so many accidents in one day. It wasn't just small bumper hits either, most of the ones I saw were really bad. Everyone just needed to slow down and chill out that day. I felt so bad I hope no one was seriously hurt. We almost got into an accident our self with this van instead of slowing down for a big rig that was going to merge into the vans lane, the van decided to swerve so quick into our lane. So glad my boyfriend had a quick reaction and braked and swerved out a little and I’m glad no one was behind us. I have no idea what he was thinking the big rig was nowhere near him anyways and the lane doesn’t even finish merging until after we past the sharp curve.  It was a super scary moment and the van knew he messed up because he took off so quick away from us when before he was driving slowly.

Anyways we came home early got some frozen yogurt and made chicken quesadilla for dinner with a copy cat recipe of taco bell chipotle sauce I think that’s what it’s called.  Over all it was an amazing day one of the best valentines so far! :)


On a side note this month is also the month one of my best friend passed away.  It's been 8 years, even though you aren't around anymore you're always in our thoughts.  We miss you and love you so much! R.I.P Caitlin Oto!  You were truly an amazing person and I'm glad we got to become the best of friends in this life time. <3