ANOTHER STOP IN LAUGHLIN, NEVADA. We’ve been on our Great American Adventure a long time and now we’re on our final leg of the Journey. We’ve come
full circle and are back at Laughlin, Nevada where we stopped about four years ago. Since we have so many happy memories about time we spent here over the years, we couldn’t resist the temptation to stop one last time. The southernmost tip of Nevada, along the Colorado River, where Nevada, California, and Arizona meet, has become a major national tourist destination and gambling resort within the last few decades. The townsite of Laughlin was established in the 1940s as South Pointe because of the proximity to the southern tip of the state of Nevada. The early town consisted of a motel and bar that catered to gold and silver miners, construction workers building Davis Dam, and fishing enthusiasts. In the 1950s, construction workers left, and the town all but disappeared. But now it’s a different story. The town is bustling and the River is lined by about a dozen casinos, each with a high-rise hotel and lots of night-life. Many of the casinos along the river are linked by an unofficial pedestrian thoroughfare known as the Laughlin Riverwalk. And a river ferry runs up and down the river if you’d rather casino-hop by water than by foot.
Laughlin is located at the southernmost tip of Nevada.
Welcome to Laughlin!
This is the beach at Harrah’s Casino Hotel, where we ordinarily stayed on our trips to Laughlin.
Having brunch overlooking the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada.
Classic car museum at Don Laughlin’s Riverside Casino and Hotel.
AH, THE MEMORIES. Located just upstream from Laughlin is Lake Mohave, formed by the Davis Dam. It’s a huge area ideal for boating, swimming and all kinds of other watersports. We’ve been coming to this wonderful spot on the river for about thirty years. We had three Jet Skis and we used to trailer them all out here for weeks at a time, to enjoy the warm weather, the river and the nightlife.
At a certain spot here, you can stand in one place and be in Arizona, Nevada and California all at one time.
Three of the casinos along the river walk at night, in Laughlin, Nevada.
Telephone Cove on Lake Mohave. Florence and Molly have it all to themselves.
Molly and I at Lake Mohave. I love that little dog!
Can you imagine a better place to ride jet skis?
Look how clear the water is. The lake is 67 miles long and has over 200 miles of shoreline.
THAT’S A WRAP. We’re leaving Laughlin in the morning and slowly making our way north to Oregon. I hope you’ll check on us in a few days to see what we’re doing then. Thanks for following our Great American Adventure!
I’ll continue my story next time.
It’s still cold in Oregon, I believe their annual sunny and warm day is July 4th .
We’re on our way, but it is not only cold…it’s also snowing! I hope we haven’t made a mistake, but I think we’ll know after a couple of months. We won’t do anything rash. Despite all of this, we’ve spent many months in Oregon during Summer and Fall and absolutely loved it. Stay tuned.