![]() The three were gambling buddies for years - coming out to Wendover since before there was anything on the north side of the street, says Francis - and when the sister-in-law died 10 years ago, the two friends took on the task of cleaning out her house. Ballard and Francis met because Francis' sister-in-law was Ballard's neighbor. On the fun bus they're teenagers again, giggling about the penny slots looming on the far horizon. In their towns of Tremonton and Centerville, Beth Ballard and Fae Francis are senior citizens. Already we have left behind our ordinary lives and are hurtling toward a place where we have no assignments due or laundry to wash. We are sailing along I-80, through the surreal topography of salt and emptiness, toward the border and its faux Caribbean paradise. It is raining and kind of gloomy as we enter the western desert, but inside the fun bus, spirits are high. We are on the "fun bus" to West Wendover, Nev., along with 50 other riders, nearly all of them Utahns. ![]() ![]() Our destination is Montego Bay - a gambling casino that, despite its name, sits at the edge of a dried-up primordial lake. ![]()
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