After endless miles of high desert, we crossed a low pass into the Colorado River valley. As we descended we faced a dense storm - we could see the whole thing - it looked like a column from heaven to earth that took up about one third of the middle of the valley we were headed into. Rain pounded the windshield a couple of times, however our course to Laughlin skirted the worst of it.
Laughlin sits on the west (NV) side of the Colorado facing Bullhead on the east (AZ) side. Bullhead came to pass from the construction of the dam upstream - begun before WW2 and not finished until the war was over. Laughlin came to pass from the vision and determination of a man who build a small casino on the other side of the river that grew from a roadside bar and casino with two tables to a city with his Riverside Casino soon joined by several of the well known gambling palace names. Laughlin included a huge hillside RV park of 500 sites in his development and we enjoyed one of them. In a departure of our normal routine we ate in the Gourmet Room two nights in a row and enjoyed our dining experience immensely. Two classic car displays added to the experience.
The most interesting sign was at a rest stop
Our first thought was someone had painted over the real amount. But, there was no evidence. It's almost an invitation.
Entering the valley where Laughlin lies, we descended a mountain pass facing a huge dark grey storm cloud from heaven to earth. While we were whacked with the edge of it, it largely missed us. Laughlin is on the Nevada bank of the Colorado. The older, Bullhead AZ is on the opposite bank.
The story has it that Mr. Laughlin opened a two table casino across from the town of Bullhead - itself an outcome of building the dam upstream - and did very well expanding from humble beginnings to a Vegas-like strip. Laughlins Riverside Casino includes a tiered destination RV park where we stayed in comfort for two days.
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