I love blackjack.
We had just gotten back from the Routeburn and Hollyford Tracks and Megan and her family were coming through town on their way to Queenstown for a little sightseeing. Unfortunately, our trip to Sandfly Bay to see the sea lions and penguins was dowsed with a random rain shower. Instead, we spent the night in the Speight's Ale House and at the Dunedin Casino. Megan's dad Brian was nice enough to spot us all $50 to be returned if we won. After 3 hours or so, it seemed like counting cards was useless as the dealer was practically shoveling chips into our laps. I won $250 and Megan and Brian each won more than that. Alex was the only one down on the night but we walked away feeling pretty good.
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-Tyler Grubb
We had just gotten back from the Routeburn and Hollyford Tracks and Megan and her family were coming through town on their way to Queenstown for a little sightseeing. Unfortunately, our trip to Sandfly Bay to see the sea lions and penguins was dowsed with a random rain shower. Instead, we spent the night in the Speight's Ale House and at the Dunedin Casino. Megan's dad Brian was nice enough to spot us all $50 to be returned if we won. After 3 hours or so, it seemed like counting cards was useless as the dealer was practically shoveling chips into our laps. I won $250 and Megan and Brian each won more than that. Alex was the only one down on the night but we walked away feeling pretty good.
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With the extra cash in hand, it didn't take a lot from Megan to convince me to come up to Queenstown with them for another round of bungy jumping with A.J. Hackett. Megan, Brian, Alex and I all plunged off The Ledge bungy off the gondola high above town. It was the best way I could possibly think of to cap off my time in New Zealand. The next morning after a conference call back home for a school project, I hitchhiked 4 hours back to Dunedin and packed up to leave. Traveling for 36 hours on the way home didn't seem that bad as it was a small thrill to seemingly travel back in time. I left Auckland airport at 10:30 AM only to arrive in SFO at 10:00 AM. I guess bungy jumping put a little piece of superman in me. Check out video of the jump here.
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-Tyler Grubb