Laughlin sits between the Colorado river and the desert. It is a casino town, period. There is little else, well one outlet mall, but that's almost like gambling. Our room had the desert view.
The river side view is more interesting. Here you see the Colorado Belle casino (looks like a riverboat) which was next door to us. You can also see the midget floating version of the Colorado Belle, which is a tour/dinner boat.
There is regular traffic on the river. All of it is tourist orientated with water taxis, tour boats, and in warmer weather there are a lot of private watercraft. In this picture we a looking across the river toward Bullhead city, Arizona. Many who work in the casinos park in the lot you can see just right of center and catch a water taxi to work.
Of course what casino trip would be complete without a shot of a few of the locals. Note that the locals all have one arm. But, even with that disability, they still put on a friendly face, make cheery noises, and are perpetually shaking hands.
I am sorry to inform you that Sharon nor I left any money with the one armed locals. We did take in a comedy show, three movies, and approximately ten times too much buffet food.
Laughlin came into being in the 1940's as a motel and a bar to service the miners in the area and the workers building the Davis dam. It was purchased in 1964 by Don Laughlin and within two years he had the first casino going and was building himself his own little version of Las Vegas.
Here's a link to info on Laughlin>>> About Laughlin
2 comments:
Been through Laughlin several times coming home from LV, but never stayed there. Your pictures paint a better view of the town than I remember driving through!
It is no Vegas, but it has that small gambling town smell, you know, stale cigarettes and sweaty palms. If you don't gamble there's not much to do.
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