Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall Laughlin

Auf dem Weg nach Kingman sind wir auf der Historic Route 66 gefahren...Zuerst eine Enttaeuschung, dann aber doch noch lustig (siehe Videos) :-)

Von Kingman aus sind wir weiter auf der Route 66 nach Oatman gefahren...dies ist angeblich eine Ghosttown...aber das muss schon eine Weile her sein. Heute ist es eher ein Touristen-Mekka mit Souvenir-Shops und hungrigen Eseln...

If you are reading this, and we warned you not to, here is why....

When we left the Grand Canyon we drove for a few hours that night and stayed in lovely Needles, California, right on the border of Arizona. So thats it, just where we slept for the night, before we headed up to Yosemite National Park.

We just wanted our map to be accurate, hence the reason for this post.

Till Yosemite, a real post you can read.

Nic and Jess

From the Grand Canyon we travelled through more Desert to Kingman, which is where we were joining Route 66.












The evening went through to a lekka Cowboy restaurant and had a great evening enjoying some steak.

... to the Stratosphere and tried to go up, but only one ride was open (i.e. the two most interesting rides were closed) so we went to Sahara for a Buffet dinner instead. Then a few of us went for a roller coaster ride at the Sahara which was pretty cool. We then attempted to play blackjack in which I lost $20. Although an aussie couple had more success and walked away with an extra $50 ...

... animations when you hit a bonus are so funny. I of course found a machine called "Cops and Donuts". I will let you imagine what type of things came up! We are finding that the time passes quickly and we are having a good time so we will be staying the week. I get to play a couple rounds of golf which was fun. On one round I managed to knock the hubcap off my partners golf cart with a somewhat errant shot. On the second round I managed to bounce a ball off the roof of a home that ...

... get non-feather pillows (had to call twice) and took the riverboat around the casinos in Laughlin. It was a cooler option than sitting on the sand beach (the only one available for hotels there) and it was sunset which made for a pretty ride. What we did find out was that the majority of folks in Laughlin are there for the gambling and some go from casino to casino in pursuit of the loosest slots. We tried to play the slots in ...

Before leaving Williams we visited the old train station that used to ferry rich tourists to the edge of the Grand Canyon. Whilst there we watched a funny Wild West show then headed off down Route 66, via a Harley Davidson dealership, towards Laughlin and another casino town. Mr Laughlin built a bridge from Arizona to Nevada, over the Colorado river, and placed a casino right at the end. This has grown into the ...

... of $7.51. We probably spent somewhat more than this amount, although no crazy gambling on our part. We had more than enough with watching other people betting their life savings and what have you, while a lucky few actually won and had reason to celebrate. However, as we all know, in the end the house always wins. Viva Las Vegas. Next on our itinerary is Honolulu, and some relaxing days in the sun. Aloha!

Well it's me again, we finally got on the road a day late,Annette had to get her brakes done that took 8 hrs. This town is 6 hours away from Yuma and 1.5 hrs. to our next stop Las Vegas.Annette is gone,gone,gone gambling,and I'm about to venture down the same road??????? The hotel is nice it has a big casino lots of places to eat,and for only $29.00 a nite its not to bad. well this is costing me .30 cent a minute so I'll send you an update tomorrow from Las Vagas.

We are in Laughlin. I wonder just how many of my entries start out with "we are in [insert casino town here]" We got in last night and got unpacked. Rob ran down to the car to get the water and snacks and the cable went out. Yup, all five channels that we get up here in the room were kaput. During a really funny bit on Conan too! *******s! I guess they really don't want us in our rooms now! So we ventured downstairs and played a little video poker. We ...