Last year for our Anniversary we went to Las Vegas. This year, after discussing many options, we decided to go to Laughlin, NV. For anyone wondering what Laughlin is, its basically a small old Las Vegas. You know, like Freemont Street, only not as big as that. Laughlin is located on the Colorado River and has a small handful of outdated Casinos.
We left Thursday for our little vacation. My mom came down to watch the kids for us. Our rooms were at the Tropicana. While there we did a lot of eating, drinking and walking.
The first night we were there we went to wee Ralphie May, a Comedian. He is very funny. If you havent heard him, try Youtube. (Unless you get offended easily). Another night we had tickets to see REO Speedwagon. The concert was pretty lame, IMO, it sounded like the lead signer was yelling the entire time he was singing. I also only knew 3 songs. But it was my first ever concert so it was still fun and neat. We also went to the Looser Lounge and got to see our first wet t-shirt contest. Boy, that was interesting. There was an old lady, a big black girl and 4 young girls (2 who danced like professional strippers) The big black girl won. I think she was a regular there. Maybe next time we go, Ill get involved.. HAHAHAHAHA!!
The place we ate the most was Pints Brewery & Sports Bar located in the Colorado Belle. We had wings and fried mushrooms and then the other 2 times we had these yummy sandwiches. Mine was called the Cuban and Logan's was the Big Nasty. We joked that we had a Big Nasty Cuban. We also got ribs on the River Walk. The event was called Rock N' Ribs, there was a band playing music. The BBQ sauce we both picked was the Jack Daniel's and it was VERY good. Nothing like good ribs! Boy they were messy though. Most places to eat at the Casinos are buffet style. We went to the Riverside Casino to their Prime Rib Room. It too is like a buffet. You get to make your own salad, then get baked potato, cooked veggies, steak fries and bread. Then they bring you out a prime rib. The meat was cooked perfect and the seasoning was good too. After youre done eating, you can get ice cream and pie. The pie was dried out :( There was cheese cake but it looked really sad, so I skipped it. Oh and we also went to The Black Bear Diner for breakfast one morning. Their food is really yummy any time of the day. I had cinnamon roll french toast. Mmmmmm!
We didnt do a whole lot of gambling, but when we did, we played Blackjack/21. We of course didnt win no big amount of money either. The best I did was go from $5 to $26. We did learn that if you play games at the bar, the comp your drinks. So basically the trick is, you put money in the game and just push the hit button every few minutes or so and get free drinks. I tried a new drink, a Jager Colada. Its like a regular Pina Colada but with Jager in it. I liked it. The bar tender at the Edge Water also made me a few other drinks that were ok, but not may favs.
We were going to get jet skis for a day to ride up and down the river or the lake, but the prices were crazy. Most places were like $200+ a day for one, not including gas. We were driving around trying to find a better deal when I saw a tattoo sign. I jokingly said "Lets get tattoos." We drove around some more and the idea stuck with us. So we stopped at one tattoo shop to look at their books, there was only one guy there and he didnt seem interested in helping us, so we left. We drove around some more trying to find one that was open. Most were closed or closed down. Finally we found Evolution Tattoo. Logan talked to one artist about what he was wanting, Larry Topping, got right down to business drawing on Logan's leg with marker and pen. I told the artist doing mine what I was looking for and it took him all day to come up with a simple sketch of stars and names. Finally we both got done. Honestly, it only hurt in a few spots. I never cried or anything like that. If you are ever in Bullhead City, AZ or Laughlin, NV and want a tattoo, I highly recommend going and seeing Larry Topping. Did a great job and he was pretty fast too.
So after we got tattoos, they put a halt to any water time. We couldnt get in the river, pool or hot tub. That was kinda a bummer but worth it.
Our vacation came to an end on Sunday. We came home and were happy to see our babies. Had an amazingly fun time and cant wait till we can do it again sometime.
Yes, now its picture time. :)
<3 Robin
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