Goodbye 2013

We made a stop at the Sam's Club in Bullhead City yesterday to pick up some water for our return trip. We went out to see the RV homes that we saw about a year ago. There hasn't been much done since we were there last except there are two more models built that were closed for the holiday. We didn't get any pictures of the homes, but let's say there is still not enough "it" factor to excite us about the possibility of building one  - at least in this location. They are a great concept though, and we would still like to see more, wherever and whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Our good parking spot was lost, of course, when we went out yesterday and had to park far away from the hotel entrance. That's OK though, as we will carry our things to the front of the hotel this morning and get the truck to bring to the entrance to load. Our hotel and casino - along with all the others in Laughlin - are packed to capacity. It made it difficult to select slot machines to play, but we have seen crowds like this at other casinos. We took the Riverwalk to the Riverside hotel and Casino last night to see if that were any different, and it was not. Mickey Gilley is playing at the Riverside and I'm sure all of his performances were sold out. Anyway, we took this shot of the beautiful holiday lights outside our hotel - the Aquarius:

It was a beautiful night to walk, and we played at the casino in the Riverside for awhile on the machines that looked good to us, but it was still packed with people, so the machine choices that were available were slim and not the best. Let's just say that our gambling luck went out with 2013 and we came back to our hotel to watch the new year come in on TV.

At midnight, we tried to get some shots of the local fireworks from our hotel window, but the reflections made it tough to get a good shot. This is the best we could do:

In fact, the reflections in the window have made it impossible to get a good shot in the daytime, but our view is excellent of the huge courtyard and the Colorado River. The fireworks were on the shore of the river, just on the other side of our hotel, and the blue light you see in the photo (left of the fireworks) is from a fire boat that was stationed in the river where the fireworks were launched.

It was a nice New Year's Eve and we hope all of you also enjoyed the night. Our trip winds up this morning and we will leave following another great buffet breakfast at the Aquarius.

We're looking forward to a happy and healthy 2014 and we wish the same to you...