Thanks for the report and pics, Mickey.

Very interesting.

I've been to Laughlin many times, but never went on one of those Caesars chartered planes. I'm close enough to where it's not worth doing that.

The river is interesting, and it's kind of cool taking a water taxi in between casinos, but overall the town is small and boring.

It's also not particularly easy to rent watercraft for the river. There's like 1 or 2 places that do it, I think on the Arizona side.

Dining options are pretty lousy. Don't expect the high-end food available in Vegas.

One interesting thing I noticed about Laughlin is that there's just about zero young, hot chicks walking around there without boyfriends. It's not like Vegas where groups of single girls take trips there. In Laughlin, the only attractive women you'll see around are there with their boyfriends or husbands. Probably the worst vacation destination to be a single guy.

Did you stay in the "adult tower" at Harrah's? That's preferable if you have no young children with you.

Laughlin is about 95 miles southeast of Las Vegas, and is basically in the middle of nowhere. It's in the area I call "three corners" -- where Nevada, Arizona, and California meet.

The Laughlin area is defined by one city in each of those states -- Needles (CA), Laughlin (NV), and Bullhead City (AZ). Most Laughlin employees live in either Needles or Bullhead, being one of the rare locations in the country where most employees live in a different state than where they work.

It's also brutally hot in the summer, sometimes reaching 120 (hotter than Vegas).

Laughlin is also a way you can kind of experience "old Vegas". If you want to see what Vegas was like in the '70s and '80s, or you want to experience it again, you should go to Laughlin. It still has many old Vegas elements to it (though without the "name" entertainment).

It mainly appeals to blue collar people who like to gamble, but find Vegas too expensive and too touristy.

Harrah's Laughlin is considered to be in a different market than the Las Vegas Caesars properties, meaning you can make simultaneous comp reservations at both, and nobody will say anything. I've done that before in order to redeem offers.