My wife and I went to Laughlin on Friday, april 19th 2008. We try to go about three or four times a year. We were there a little more than a month ago, but we brought the baby so we were limited to what we could do.
As usually we stayed at the Edgewater and checked in around 4:00pm. We stayed in the Santa-Fe rooms which are the less expensive rooms and had a nice view of the Employee smoking area, storage facility and parking lot of the Colorado Belle.
Its tradition for us to drive over to the Arizona side (Bullhead City) and eat at China Panda, a restaurant located about 3 or four miles down the road.
When we returned to the Edgewater we walked over to the Colorado Belle and shared nachos and drank in the Boiler Room which is also a micro-brewery.
The next morning we took a river taxi down to Harrah's. Its $4 a person one way and its worth it since the boat ride is fun. We timed it perfectly and caught a taxi that was heading up river towards the Riverside. We got to stop at every hotel so all in all it was about a 20 minute boat ride there - were never in any particular rush so this was perfect for us. We ate breakfast at the care in the Harrahs, lost $2 then took the river taxi back to the Edgewater.
Then we went to the Outlet Mall across the street, bought a license plate frame that says Need Money? Visit BegForDollars.Com. We drove over to the Tropicana Express, waiting for a train that never came, then drove back over to the Edgewater.
We shared a hot dog at the sports book, played nickle keno, then wandered back over to The Boiler room, this time to share a pizza.
On the way back my wife bought a huge drink, we played keno some more then returned to our room.
To most this would seem like a pretty uneventful trip - but on the contrary for a couple who visits as often as we do it was one of the best.
