Laughlin River Run
One of the big runs in the southwest has to be the Laughlin River Run held at the end of April every year. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the run and it should be a blast as usual.
As with all things biker, we're late comers to this event and missed out on the really crazy years. Back in 2002, the Hells Angels had a shoot out with one of their biggest rivals, The Mongols in Harrahs casino leaving a few people very dead. We weren't there for that funfest but it has definitely been a little more, shall we say, monitored by local law enforcement since then.
Laughlin and nearby Bullhead City which is just over the border in Arizona, probably don't have 40,000 residents between them so when 75,000 people hit town, they get a little nervous. Since the problems in 2002, the police are really out in force. Hey, for this old dude who just wants to smoke his cigars, drink some martinis, check out and hit on some hot chicks, I'm not stressing over it.
It'll be here soon and I'm definitely looking forward to heading out into the desert for some gambling, riding, drinking and whatever else comes my way!
As with all things biker, we're late comers to this event and missed out on the really crazy years. Back in 2002, the Hells Angels had a shoot out with one of their biggest rivals, The Mongols in Harrahs casino leaving a few people very dead. We weren't there for that funfest but it has definitely been a little more, shall we say, monitored by local law enforcement since then.
Laughlin and nearby Bullhead City which is just over the border in Arizona, probably don't have 40,000 residents between them so when 75,000 people hit town, they get a little nervous. Since the problems in 2002, the police are really out in force. Hey, for this old dude who just wants to smoke his cigars, drink some martinis, check out and hit on some hot chicks, I'm not stressing over it.
It'll be here soon and I'm definitely looking forward to heading out into the desert for some gambling, riding, drinking and whatever else comes my way!
posted by Mike at 4:56 PM PERMALINK
1 Comments:
Drive slow! They're already ding out tickets to us locals.
Have fun.. come to Oatman and see us.
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