I meant to write this post weeks ago, I really did. Somehow, time has slipped away from me, but I wanted to let you know how Part II of our anniversary trip went (I know there’s at least one person out there, on the edge of her seat, waiting to hear about it!).

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After the San Juan Adventure Full Day Cruise, we headed out to Ferndale to Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa for an overnight and couple’s massage.

I have a lot of friends who are “not into casinos”, but let me tell you, you wouldn’t even know you were at a casino if you only ever set foot in the hotel and/or spa. I was really impressed with the separation of the casino from the lodging and relaxation portions of the property. The hotel has its own entrance and you access the spa through that entrance as well.

We checked in and headed up to our room, which was a Diamond Executive King room. You needed your room key to access the floor it was on (for privacy) and included bathrobes, slippers and nightly turndown service. As soon as we checked in, we put on our swimsuits, donned our bathrobes and headed down to the pool.

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I loved the pool! It’s available to hotel guests as well as anyone who purchases spa services. It’s all indoors with plush lounge chairs and there is a pool, hot tub, steam room and sauna. It has a pretty little waterfall cascading behind the hot tub and interesting fabric panels strewn from the ceiling creating a unique atmosphere. We spent quite a bit of time there.

The next morning, we headed over to the Red River Cafe for a breakfast buffet which was great. (As a warning to any non-casino people out there, you do have to walk through the casino to get to the cafe.) They had so many selections I couldn’t possibly have sampled everything! We didn’t get there until 9:30 AM and it closes at 10 AM, so we did miss out on a few things, but even for having been late, we didn’t miss much. Eggs, potatoes, waffle makers with toppings, pastries, bagels and bread with toasters and toppings, cereals, fruits, hard boiled eggs, yogurts, coffee, tea, hot cocoa, milk juice and more. Fabulous!!

After breakfast we hung out an watched TV in our room for a while (it’s a rare treat to watch anything other than kid shows in our home, so we took full advantage of the movie channels) and then headed back downstairs to pick up some souvenirs and play a few games. We’re not huge gamers, but like to take $10 or 20 and just play the slot machines for fun. My husband lost his $10 in about 3 minutes flat, but I ended up cashing out with $29 (I started with $10 as well). 🙂

My husband got a nice insulated travel mug with native art on it, and I got one of those plastic insulated cups that looks like a disposable cup with lid. It’s turquoise and has the Silver Reef logo on it. It’s sitting on my desk right now with traces of Carnation Instant Breakfast in it, so instead of subjecting you to a photo of that, here’s a generic image of one of the cups I am talking about to give you an idea of what it is:

The final part of our weekend was a couples massage at the spa. We checked in and changed and enjoyed relaxing in the waiting area, where there is water, granola and magazines. Then we were called back to our treatment room where we were placed on massage tables side-by-side and received one hour massages. Each of our massage therapists talked with us first to see what type of massage we wanted (my husband chose deep tissue and I went with therapeutic) and at the end, we were both so relaxed, it was hard to leave.

I was really impressed with the atmosphere and the quality of the Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa and hope to get another chance to have a little getaway there again. Even if I don’t have a reason to stay at the hotel, the spa is more than enough reason for me to be planning a trip back, and of course a little fun at the casino is sometimes just what you need on a Friday night. 🙂

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The Silver Reef Hotel, Casino, and Spa is located in the northwestern corner of Washington State, in the small city of Ferndale, just north of Bellingham. Its close proximity to the Canadian border and in particular, the city of Vancouver, makes this an attractive destination for Canadians as well.

It’s not that Vancouver doesn’t have casinos, they have several ones, on the smaller side, but a lot of Vancouverites enjoy taking short trips across the border in general and when you can go to a nice casino resort as well, all the better. With a population of 2.3 million people, there’s plenty of people to look to tempt to come down, and this place is less than an hour’s drive away.

Ferndale itself offers small town charm, and the area offers some great views of Mt. Baker which towers on the horizon. Silver Reef’s slogan is “easy to find, hard to leave.” The first part is easy, they are right off Interstate 5, and they do their best to fulfill the second part of this.

The Silver Reef is located on the Lummi Indian Reservation, and all casinos in the state of Washington are Indian casinos, but there are a lot of them in this state and they all compete fiercely with each other to earn your business. The Silver Reef is no exception and while this and the other Indian casinos in the state aren’t on the grand scale of the world’s largest and most exotic, they do bring you some good honest accommodations and gaming, in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere.

Another big thing about this place is that it is set in nature, and this is a part of the country that is truly beautiful. The city of Bellingham is only a very short drive away, and this is a nice sized city with a metro population of over 200,000, and Ferndale is actually part of metro Bellingham, but definitely is a much more rural area. However, guests are easily able to enjoy both a rural atmosphere and also have easy access to the amenities of urban life at the same time should they choose.

A fair number of people bring their RVs to Sliver Reef and while they don’t really have an RV park here, they do have the means to accommodate overnight parking, allowing you to stay right in the RV and enjoy all the casino gambling and other amenities that this resort has to offer.

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Silver Reef’s Accommodations and Amenities

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The Silver Reef has a nice sized hotel complex, with 206 rooms and suites, so while they do get a lot of drive up traffic, a fair number of people stay here overnight as well. There are some nice suites here for those who either don’t mind spending extra for top level accommodations, or are higher rollers who enjoy playing for the big money and getting the big rooms that this entitles them to.

The rooms here are reasonably priced, with packages running at $179 per night, which includes a deluxe room, a deluxe Silver Signature breakfast, a buffet meal