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Our trip home was in beautiful weather as we departed Laughlin at 9:45 AM yesterday. The return trip was a familiar one, traveling through Kingman AZ, and on route 93 through central AZ.  There was our usual chuckle as we passed the "rock" between Laughlin and Kingman that always seems to give us the message - "to you, too":

It was a terrific holiday break for us and could only have been better if it were longer and more successful in the casinos. That's OK though, as we feel we are still way ahead of the game over the years. If we could win every time, we would be there full-time. We enjoyed some new experiences and saw some pretty country that we hadn't seen before. We accomplished our goal of seeing the "ownership" RV parks that were along the Colorado River, and have given us some food for thought.

There is one area that we stopped to check out that is located just outside of Kingman at the start of Route 93 that is called Silverado Estates. We had stopped there many years ago and the office was closed, as it was this time. We drove to the "model" homes that were built since our last trip and we were totally shocked at what we saw. Either the company went broke or some other disaster had struck the company as the homes were all totally destroyed inside. The windows were all broken and the inside of the homes were trashed. These photos pretty much say it all. The first home we went into:

you can see the glass and debris that is all over the floors. Here is another shot of the rear:

Again, all of the glass was smashed out of the sliding doors and there was cattle feces everywhere, including the floors inside. There was also rat feces in every room and on the patios and in the garages.

These are the beautiful models that we couldn't believe were all sitting here in this horrible condition:

Here is one more of the destroyed models:

 and the inside of another:

Everything inside was ruined. It appeared that somebody had gone through each of these homes with a sledge hammer and just wanted to make sure nobody got anything of value from the homes. Even the drywall and doors inside were destroyed. We are still in disbelief over what we saw. We will try to get some explanation for what we saw, but I'm not sure where to start.

It is otherwise back to normal at home. We will begin putting Christmas away for another year. We expect to have everything packed away again and into our main storage unit by the end of the weekend. Josie works today, but then has the next three days off...