This image was posted on the Laughlin Buzz today. Two military helicopters were maneuvering about, they fly over our house during such work often. We think this shot was taken from within the other craft, as no two non-related flights are ever permitted so close together. The guy who took it may have violated protocol, but it surely shows our air quality! The mountains in the distance, center, are at least 20 miles away. The big brown area in the center is where desert off-road racing events are held. Laughlin Shopping Mall is the 2-story square building seen above the Colorado Belle's smokestacks on the other side of Casino Drive; it has a neo-art-deco front styling. The two white towers also across the street, at upper left of the "casino strip" is the Tropicana Hotel, originally the Ramada Express, which had a 1/2-scale sized railroad encircling the entire property years ago, rides were free, often pulled by a real steam locomotive! We rode it in the late '80s! Frank
That's because it links to something in his Yahoo email account. He might see it because he has access to his Yahoo email account.
I can't see it CC.... I'll have a word with hubs, he updated my Mac the other day , it may be a problem this end because I can always see Joe's pictures...usually
Although Laughlin isn't that far from me, I've never been. Lots of the ladies at Curves have though and one was just talking ablout her recent trip. Some very good prices on hotel rooms and food! And it was all good! Just doesn't look that impressive to me from the air.
Joe's I can see, even in your quote of it. Frank's is not available to me because I don't know the password to his Yahoo email account.
Yes I can seee that perfectly well Yvonne, thankyou...... hmmm wonder what the problem might be with Joes'...
Is that it...is that the whole of Laughlin, @Frank Sanoica ?...I can see you are in the desert of course, but it looks like you have a beach too, quite amazing ..what river is that?
@Holly Saunders The once-mighty and raging during springtime Colorado River. Very same river which carved out the one-mile deep Grand Canyon, which is pretty well-known everywhere. City of Laughlin is basically divided into two main parts, the hotel district which lies all along the river, having nine hotel/casino resorts, several of which have, or once had, very famous owners: Aquarius was once Flamingo-Hilton, River Lodge was Sam's Town Gold River, and Harrah's, world-famous, and still Harrah's. The residential district is several miles to the west, separated from the casinos by a 2000+-acre plot which contained the Mohave Electric Generating Station. Here is a pic taken from around the airport area, on the east side of the river, showing the situated casinos, power plant, and residential area of Laughlin, tiny but visible in part just before the rough mountain foothills: Here's a few facts: "Mohave Power Station (known also as Mohave Generating Station, or MOGS) was a 1,580-megawatt (2,120,000 hp) coal-fired power plant located in Laughlin, Nevada." "Mohave was the only power plant in the United States that used coal delivered by coal-slurry pipeline. The 18 inches (460 mm) diameter Black Mesa Pipeline ran 275 miles (443 km) to the plant from the Peabody Energy Black Mesa Mine in Kayenta, AZ, and could deliver 660 short tons (600 t) per hour. The land where the mine is located is owned by the Navajo." The plant was decommissioned and dismantling begun in 2009. We happened to become "snowbirds" here from Missouri just that Fall, so were lucky enough to witness this: Today, the only remains of the plant are the sandy hills of the desert. Laughlin has a population of about 9700, whereas Bullhead City, across the river in Arizona, has a population of 40,000, the number having doubled between 2000 and 2010. Very popular with retirees (like us!). We considered Nevada and Arizona before we moved here, and chose to live in the County area south of BHC. Frank
@Nancy Hart Knowing of your interest in things practical, just an FYI, many years back such huge smokestacks were mainly built of brick, hand-laid, some of immense size. I think the one demolished above was constructed of concrete. It was huge, something like hundreds of feet high. We remember that plant operating back in the '80s when we took bus excursions down here while living outside Phoenix. The stack emitted just a wisp of white smoke; I wondered what all the hubbub was about. Frank
@Chrissy Cross Many bus excursions originating in CA come over here, the Edgewater hosting about the greatest number, though Colorado Belle has them parked often also. I would think if some do not originate in Fresno, they must at least pick up there. Why don't you get a few of those ladies together and take a ride over here? We would be happy to meet you! Frank