Atlantic City/Avalon NJ Trip

Any normal college student from Pennsylvania likes to make fun of New Jersey, and I am no exception. But while I enjoy a good jab to the Dirty Jerz as much as the next man I have to admit that the state is not without a few gems here and there. I spent my last weekend between Atlantic City and Avalon, New Jersey, and it was a blast. Myself and five friends went down to AC for a belated celebration of our friend Brian's 21st birthday.

Needless to say we all lost money. I probably lost mine faster than everyone else, which was definitely a low point. There is probably little worse than watching your friends gamble after you've lost everything you planned to spend (obviously I had to hit up the ATM a couple of times to get back in a game.) The highlight of the trip was when five of us made a $100 bet on red - roulette is the worst game in the casino - with the last of our chips that we were depending on for money to get a hotel room the next night. We won. The low point was definitely doing the same thing the next day with $300 and losing it all right before leaving the city. Still, loosing money with friends is alot more fun than losing it by yourself.

Atlantic City was fun, but I can only take so much time in a Casino. At first its sort of glamorous, throwing money around rolling dice, etc. but after a couple of hours the haggard old women chain smoking and staring like zombies at slot machines started to get to me. After AC we headed down to Avalon and had two decent beach days. I have been going to Avalon since I was born, but being 21 this time made the experience a little different. Sweet.