Our time in Laughlin, NV with Judy & Lew

We wanted to take a trip south this year for Christmas time so we went and visited with my sister and her husband – Judy and Lew. Judy was able to get us rooms at the Riverside Hotel – very nice rooms with a beautiful view of the Colorado River. Our first night there we checked into our rooms and then went and had a great dinner at the Riverside buffet. Very, very good. We were all very tired and pretty much went directly to bed after dinner.

The next day we took a walk on the river walk right next to the hotel. It was very chilly and windy, but was still a very nice walk. We then walked over to where Judy and Lew were working at the Hickory Farms store at the mall. Everything was 50% off, so we got lots of goodies; beef and turkey sticks, crackers, cheese, chocolates and fudge. Yum!!! Judy was able to get off at 1:00 pm and at 2:30 pm came over and we took a ride on the Colorado River boat. It was wonderful!!! A little windy and chilly, but a very nice ride that was very informative. The narrator on the boat was very good with a lot of knowledge of the River, the dams (Davis & Hoover), and the City of Laughlin. After the boat ride we met up with Lew and went to the Aquarius buffet on 2-for-one coupons – this meal was even better than the night before!

On our last full day, Lew had to work, but Judy took us to a little old mining town by the name of Oatman. The town is tiny, old, rickety and full of characters – a lot of characters actually. When we first arrived they were having a shoot out in town – a bank robbery. And in the middle of the bank robbery 2 wild burrows just sauntered in and stopped the action for a minute. There are quite a few wild burrows that come into town and are fed by the locals and tourists with carrots that can be bought – sold by the local merchants. It was another delightful day. Afterwards, Judy took us back to the hotel where we rested for a while. Judy went to help Lew out at Hickory Farms. When she got to the store it was a madhouse. Everything was at 75% off and people were going crazy buying everything up. Afterwards we all went and had Panda Express – kind of tired of buffets by that time.