ound noon after an uneventful trip from Lake Havasu City. Laughlin is an unusual town built around a casino. In 1966 Don Laughlin had a vision of a gambling Mecca on the Colorado River immediately across from Bullhead City, Arizona. At that time there were no bridges crossing the river so he set up free boat rides so the folks on the Arizona side could come over to the casino. Since that time several hotel/casino’s have been built up along the river and Laughlin has become a mini-version of Las Vegas. Although there are some residential areas of Laughlin the main non-casino growth has been across the river in Bullhead City. There are now bridges connecting the two towns and Bullhead City has become a good size city.For our first excursion out we decided to take in what is described as a ghost town, t
he town of Chloride, Arizon
a. It is about 50 miles northeast of Bullhead City. This is not actually a true ghost town in that it has a current population of around 150. The town does have the longest U. S. Post Office in the area, dating back to the 1880’s. There are also a few shops in town along with a very nice cafe/restaurant. Also, one section of town is the old western main street. On one side of 
the street are original, historic buildings while the other side has a series of false front structures to give it the look of a western movie set. This is where local re-enactors hold gun fights at high noon on Saturday’s during tourist season. Since we were there on a Friday there were no gun fights.
he town of Chloride, Arizon
a. It is about 50 miles northeast of Bullhead City. This is not actually a true ghost town in that it has a current population of around 150. The town does have the longest U. S. Post Office in the area, dating back to the 1880’s. There are also a few shops in town along with a very nice cafe/restaurant. Also, one section of town is the old western main street. On one side of 
the street are original, historic buildings while the other side has a series of false front structures to give it the look of a western movie set. This is where local re-enactors hold gun fights at high noon on Saturday’s during tourist season. Since we were there on a Friday there were no gun fights.There are some
unusual sights in town. Up on the northeast side of town are numerous houses that have what could be called “yard art”. These are collections of antiques, rocks and junk that has been lined along the street in front of houses in a decorative mode. In one of the houses a lady actually does operate an antique shop but the others appear to have just put up the decorations for their own and the tourist amusement. The lady who runs the general store and tourist information bureau suggested we check out their town cemetery. She indicated there were many very unusual tombstones since Chloride had many unusual people living there. All in all this was a good day trip.
unusual sights in town. Up on the northeast side of town are numerous houses that have what could be called “yard art”. These are collections of antiques, rocks and junk that has been lined along the street in front of houses in a decorative mode. In one of the houses a lady actually does operate an antique shop but the others appear to have just put up the decorations for their own and the tourist amusement. The lady who runs the general store and tourist information bureau suggested we check out their town cemetery. She indicated there were many very unusual tombstones since Chloride had many unusual people living there. All in all this was a good day trip. 
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Did you guys go out to the paintings?
Quaint place, we were there on Veterans Day for their parade what a kick and the paintings are unusual too. Safe travels.
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