Crew members of the LST 1122, at evening Banquet.

The Ladies of the crew are having as much fun as the crew members.

The night life in Laughlin was equal to that of Las Vegas

The daytime activities were even better than Las Vegas

Don Johnson, with help from his family, got our Veterans group an outstanding price. $23.98 per night.  The Ramada Express was equal to any hotel in this area.  The food was very good but over-priced in some places. The Buffet was very good and moderately priced. Airfare into Las Vegas was priced high and rental cars for 5 days was $180.  The hotel price made up for many of the other high priced items.

Don Johnson Scheduled this entire jetboat for our group. The trip was 60 miles down the Colorado river to Havasu City where the London bridge was re-assembled.  Traveling down the Colorado we passed through canyons with very steep walls. The boat Captain stopped many times for those with cameras. A very scenic trip.

The London Bridge is a spectacular site. We had lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Then had time for some shopping at the many shops. The Captain pointed the jetboat north to go back to Laughlin and opened the throttle. The trip back to Laughlin was much shorter.

The Bog Horn Sheep on a mountain cliff above are hard to see. Only 3 white dots can be seen in this photo, but sitting in the boat they were plainly visible. My camera needed a telephoto lens. Maybe someone in our group got a better picture.

Oatman Arizona was about 15 miles south and 15 miles east of Laughlin. We caravaned there to find old wooden buildings that would be condemned anywhere else, filled with shops full of Indian Jewelery and other tourist stuff. The highlight of the town was a great old cafe that made an outstanding Burger.  The shops sold bags of carrots for the Burro's that roamed the streets looking for hand-outs.

A sheriff tries to abort a robbery in progress, but gets gunned down for his efforts.  Local men put on old-west show for tourists in town.  The guns were loud and the smoke made for a real old fashion gun fight. The cameras were clicking and all of us had a good time.