WINTER RETURNS

Well, sort of. The last 3 days have been overcast, windy, and temperatures have dropped about 15-20 degrees below normal. Yesterday, it got up to a blazing 64 degrees!

With the weather not cooperating, riding the motorcycles hasn't been the best option, so we sat around most of the morning trying to decide what to do. Not wanting to just sit around the house all day, we decided to take a drive up to Laughlin. None of us had ever seen the classic car collection inside the Riverside Casino, so that became the plan for the day.

We left Lake Havasu a little before noon, taking the route through Topock & Golden Shores. When we arrived, we noticed that Casino Drive in front of all of the Casinos was torn up, with a major rehab to the road underway. Our first thoughts were that in about 3 weeks, tens of thousands of motorcycles will be here for the River Run, and it's going to be absolute gridlock. Laughlin will be a good place NOT to be during that weekend.

After checking out the cars, motorcycles, and other assorted vehicles in the collection at the Riverside, we walked back across Casino Drive to Serrano's Mexican Restaurant for a late lunch, early dinner. The drive home was by way of the AVI Casino, and through Needles. We noticed that regular gas at the ARCO in AZ. just over the river from Needles was $3.57 a gallon. When we drove through Needles, the cheapest we saw regular was $4.59 a gallon. Except for the folks who get off the freeway for fuel, why in the world would anybody else pay over a dollar more per gallon, when they can get it just across the river a whole lot cheaper? Warning---Don't buy fuel in Needles! At exit 9 on I40, the turn off to Lake Havasu, about 19 miles east of Needles, regular was selling for $3.69 at Loves, and at the Pilot.

Bob & Diana are leaving this morning for the return trip to their home in Enterprise, OR. It's been fun visiting with our buddies these last 3 days, and we look forward to seeing them again this summer.