A Nice Full Day

Our day started yesterday with the excellent buffet breakfast at our hotel. The rest of the morning we decided we were going to check out all the campgrounds that were in Bullhead City, and also check the Riverside Campground that is part of the Riverside Hotel and Resort in Laughlin. Counting the Riverside, we had a list of 10 campgrounds. It was about 9:30 when we started. Our first stop was the Riverside up the street. It is a very nice, tiered campground, where every space has a great view of the river and the casinos. We found out that all of the campground workers were part of the hotel staff and you had to be hired by the Human Resource staff in the main hotel. We did pick up applications there but will likely not submit one. Also, we thought the rates were a little steep for a casino campground.

We then went across the river into Bullhead City to see the rest. Some of these campgrounds - most, in fact - were pretty old and were full of old rigs and not very modern. In those cases, we just went in, turned around and came right back out. These campgrounds were almost all filled with permanent residents. There were a few really nice ones though. The picture below is a view from the spaces that are at the edge of a hill at the Silverview RV park:

All of the spaces along this hillside had great views of the casinos and the river. That is Bullhead City on the right across the river from the casinos. The rates were very reasonable - $375 per month - and included all utilities. They do have Workampers but had no openings at this time. We decided that this would be the likely place for us to pursue, if we decided to spend a winter here. After talking about places to spend a winter, this would be nice, but we felt that, except for the casinos and the river, there was not a whole lot to do or see within a short distance. We are trying to select places that offer a variety of new things to see and do. Plus - it gets pretty darn hot here.

We finished our campground tours at 2 PM and came back to the hotel to spend some time at the pool. The pictures below are taken from our room and, although they have some glare from the windows, you can see that it was a good deal for $29 a night:

We had a room on the fifth floor which was a little lower than we were used to at this hotel. We have always gotten a room though with this view. The first picture is of the very nice pool area and tennis courts. The second, of course, is of the river itself.

After a couple hours at the pool, it was time to "hit the slots". We decided to walk down the river-walk to the Colorado Belle, another of our favorites, to check out the changes since we were last there about a year ago. We didn't see anything that jumped out at us to say "play me", so we went next door to the Pioneer Hotel and Casino. Bob won a decent jackpot to keep both of us playing for a while longer. As we were both near zero for our budgeted gambling money, we started back to our hotel at about 9 PM. While walking through the Colorado Belle again on the way back, Josie put a $5 bill in a quarter machine and won a jackpot large enough to pay for the whole trip. Way to go Josie! Our room and gambling money were covered!

It was hard to go to sleep when we got back to the room at 10:30 because of the excitement of winning the jackpot. It doesn't always happen, but it sure is nice to have the trip paid for once in a while.

We had our last breakfast at the buffet and are now getting packed to return to Happy Jack. It's always sad to leave here after such a fun - and rewarding -time. Tomorrow is the start of the last big weekend crowd at the resort and we are prepared.

A side note- the computer was delivered to the Lodge yesterday - all fixed and ready to go...