Contact Bingo

Lenny and I are not big gamblers. Once in a while we buy a lottery ticket and dream, when we're at a campground we go and play bingo. It's usually an inexpensive evening and a lot of fun. So when we saw that there was Bingo in the rec hall tonight, we though, great. We'll go play a few games, meet some people and have a good time. Yea right! Folks, this is not your typical campground bingo. Let me tell you, first of all, we were used to smaller campgrounds where there might be 50-75 people who show up. There were 250 people there, no kidding. Yes, this is a larger campground with 600+ sites, and yes, we are in snowbird country. So now we have all these people who are SERIOUS about winning. I'm just here for some fun and if I win great. There were some issues with a previous manager at this campground and the bingo games had stopped for awhile. This was their second week and the caller was new at this. His voice was not loud and the mic was not that strong so a lot of people had trouble hearing. OK, mainly due to the fact that there were plenty of people talking at the same time. Well, about half way through, some senior citizen got ticked off and decided to speak his mind...very LOUDLY! Basically, he was telling everyone to shut up and listen so we can play bingo. The next thing I know, one of the managers of the campground gets up and states that just as quickly as they started the bingo games back up she can shut them down again if people don't start treating each other nicer and with respect. I felt like I was back in kindergarten being scolded. After a short break, they started up again, but I was bored and it wasn't as much fun, so we decided to take our bingo cards and go home. You hear all the stories about Grandma and her bingo games...they're true! Especially down here in snowbird country...the sunshine state...good ole Florida. I wonder if I'll go back again next week. We'll see. Thanks for travelling along with us on The Thomas' Trails...till next time.