I can't seem to find my photos and reports of trips to Laughlin, especially the one I took with Frank from London to show him a bit of America. But here is some collection of what I could find. I did not go there this past trip. I probably won't go on the next one. Much of what I went for is gone.
However, once the Chinese invest in green technology of that area, it may make for some good deals again.
Yards were often decorated with found art:
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If you hate to rent cars, this bus below gave good service and with car rental and gas came to less. I used to spend a week there and the hotel room discount paid for the bus ride out.
However, once the Chinese invest in green technology of that area, it may make for some good deals again.
Much of what was really good VP has dried up. The Aquarius still has full pay.
I don't think there is anything there that can't be matched or beaten by Downtown now.
I don't know if these are still good contacts for the buses. I used them a few years back. You should not pay more than $5 for the trip so keep asking until you get enough contacts to find a five dollar or free day trip. Some offer a stop at the Hoover Dam.
Here is how one of those trips looked a few years back:
Expect very little of the free buffets.
I always like visiting the Watchman Store
It is a walk from where the bus drops. I have a large collection of watches from there.
I run questions by this following discussion board before I go. I especially like Grif there. But it is a board that celebrates, so the information is not really balanced.
Clearly renting a car for trips longer than one day is the easiest way to go.
You can make a nice trip back to Vegas by going from Laughlin up to Oatman to see this little town and feed donkeys in the streets,
along part of route 66,
(we got a great hamburger here and I loved the root beer)
to Hoover Dam area and back again. I can't remember the exact geography but I took a London buddy up through there and it gave him a good look at that part of America.
We stopped and walked around a really small town on that trip called Chloride. It is the first reviewed here:
http://www.lvlg.com/lasvegas/attracts/ghstwns.htm
We saw a little old jail in that town. It was such a relaxed visit that we stopped at the General store and they told us where the little jail was and told us we could go inside but please close the door when we were done.
Here is the jail
along part of route 66,
(we got a great hamburger here and I loved the root beer)
to Hoover Dam area and back again. I can't remember the exact geography but I took a London buddy up through there and it gave him a good look at that part of America.
We stopped and walked around a really small town on that trip called Chloride. It is the first reviewed here:
http://www.lvlg.com/lasvegas/attracts/ghstwns.htm
We saw a little old jail in that town. It was such a relaxed visit that we stopped at the General store and they told us where the little jail was and told us we could go inside but please close the door when we were done.
Here is the jail
Yards were often decorated with found art:
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If you hate to rent cars, this bus below gave good service and with car rental and gas came to less. I used to spend a week there and the hotel room discount paid for the bus ride out.
It is not cheap, but neither is gasoline. The service was good each time I used it, and I like not having to drive tired and sometimes drunk. It will pick up at Terribles or at the airport and deliver to whatever casino is requested. I am not certain it will go to Avi. That is a bit isolated and away from the strip of casinos along the river.
When I stayed there I moved my luggage from casino to casino on the river taxis which were inexpensive at that time.
When I stayed there I moved my luggage from casino to casino on the river taxis which were inexpensive at that time.
But that was when I had a host at the Edgewater got a string of free tooms, and the VP was semidecent.
I liked the live poker games, spread limit 2-6 with a $3 rake and $2 taken for bonus awards so that those were very generous. Cracked Aces can be found 24/7.
However, I found that I was playing the same everyday locals wherever I went and I could not beat them.
Vegas prices are so cheap now and there is still good VP to be found. After my last trip I can't imagine doing more than than riding out for a day, just for a break. And even that seems less attractive than all the places available on buses now from downtown. I did not get everywhere I wanted to go in Vegas over the last 23 days.
It was nice to see the desert, but I got a taste of that by walking the UNLV campus and looking at the gardens they have established there.
Missing in Laughlin:
The great Sunday buffet at Grandma's at the Pioneer. This was the best buffet I have ever experienced with an atmosphere more like a the fancy restaurant that Grandma's is.
VP at the Edgewater, Colorado Belle, Pioneer.... all downgraded.
The host that gave us a great deal for our sort of advantaged play.
The great jazz band that played nights at the Colorado Belle.
It was nice to see the desert, but I got a taste of that by walking the UNLV campus and looking at the gardens they have established there.
Missing in Laughlin:
The great Sunday buffet at Grandma's at the Pioneer. This was the best buffet I have ever experienced with an atmosphere more like a the fancy restaurant that Grandma's is.
VP at the Edgewater, Colorado Belle, Pioneer.... all downgraded.
The host that gave us a great deal for our sort of advantaged play.
The great jazz band that played nights at the Colorado Belle.
That being said the river is always nice. I liked it when I could feed the fish. That is gone as well.
Coming soon to Laughlin is an incredible project which may change the economy there, and perhaps the gambling as well, especially around Avi.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/sep/19/chinese-energy-company-seeks-more-county-land-eco-/
This article is not comprehensive, but if when you load it, you look at the related articles that come up, you can get a fuller view of what this means.
This article is not comprehensive, but if when you load it, you look at the related articles that come up, you can get a fuller view of what this means.
I talked to folks from there this past trip and they are very excited about the jobs and money that this would mean for their community.
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