Of course, if you read the 10 Things On Tuesday post from the week after my STL trip, you already know that my plan to just head up to St. Plus, if you’ve had a long travel day it can be really fun to just head down and spend a couple of hours in the casino as your evening’s entertainment rather than heading out into an unfamiliar city in search of a way to decompress from a long day behind the wheel! River City is just a mile and a half off of I-55, so you don’t even have to worry about navigating very far from your travel route! Whether you’re a big fan of gambling or not, casino hotels are actually pretty awesome when you’re traveling because you’re almost always going to have plenty of on-site dining options, reasonable rates, some form of entertainment on property, and more often than not you’ll be in a location that’s convenient to nearby attractions. Louis trip because “something a little more fun” was exactly what I was looking for. I contacted the River City Casino about staying in their hotel during my St.