Actually had a real good time, one of the better runs to Laughlin.
The thing at Harrah's obviously is going to get blown out of proportion by the media, but was nothing but a hit and self defense and pretty clean at that if you consider no civilian or LE was injured. The same thing happens every day in inner cities across america, usually with civilian injuries. It is just a sad reflection of the society we live in. The media reports these sort of things on page 29 at best, because it is not in their interest to create a public reaction against so called minorities.
Make no mistake, I'm taking no position on this, just looking at it from a tactical point of view.
There was a Vegas fireman and his paramedic bride taken out by a cage, separate bikes, on the hiway from Vegas due to the incompetence and ignorance of a civilian. How come you see no headlines about this. The media doesn't hate bikers, they hate anyone that loves freedom or is a independent thinker, you would have thought the cager who drifted into the wrong lane was the victim the way it was written up.
Maybe the reason it was such a enjoyable run was that we stayed in Lake Havasu instead of Laughlin. It is typically a run that has relatively little riding associated with it, so it tends to get a little boring after a while. Having a good ride in the morning every day before breakfast, over backroads following the shores of the Colorado river for 60 some miles, was a nice change of pace and turned out to be a good ticket.
Add the fact we made a few good new friends and that there was enough time to follow backroads on the way home and the fact the weather was almost perfect as it wasn't as hot as it usually is, and it was a very enjoyable weekend. We even took the time to take the boat across the lake and it brought back good memories, not to mention the good meals we had in little out of the mainstream places in company of friends.
No complaints from here.
