French Lick Resort and Pluto Water in Indiana

We visited the French Lick/West Baden Springs area again recently.  Its funny, we went there a few years ago and LOVED the area, and the historic hotels....  and we had been itching to get back for some time.

On this trip, we stayed at West Baden Springs.  The French Lick Resort is number two to one other hotel in the region.....  and it is only a mile away from its more over the top sibling hotel.

BUT the French Lick Hotel is still an amazing place to see.  When you are in the area, you MUST see both.

We did spend a lot of time exploring the French Lick Resort again (here is where I mentioned it in 2016).

There are several nice shops in the massive structure.  Lots of restaurants too.


SEVERAL display cases show off the hotels impressive "Pluto Water" collection.  The area and the resort are forever linked to the water that used to be bottled in the area, most of it sporting the mascot Pluto (lets be honest though, thats straight up the devil).  I'm certain that a product using a red horned mascot would not go over these days.

Which makes the old bottles and packages associated with Pluto Water so cool.

A cousin of mine has recently gotten me interested in collecting casino chips.  I don't think this will be a collection that I will get obsessed with, but I can definitely see myself picking up a chip or two at a cool, historic place like this when we travel.

So, on this trip I briefly ran in to the French Lick Casino with the one goal of buying a couple of chips.

There is a brief scanning area (I had to empty my pockets and walk through a metal detector).  I then made my way to the cage area and and ended up buying a few chips.  A very nice lady working there told me about a few variations, and I bought a couple more chips than I originally planned to.