JAN 9, 23 (3/3) .. A ROAD TRIP FROM LAUGHLIN, NEVADA, UP TO SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA

Hello Again ! We have arrived at Part 3 of 3 Parts showing our visit to Searchlight, Nevada. 

In Part 1 of 3 we explained why we made this short road trip and showed photos taken during our drive to Searchlight from Laughlin.

In Part 2 of 3 we showed photos of Searchlight and also our visit to Denny's for dinner and our recovery meeting.

Now to Part 3 below.

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One year ago, on Christmas Eve day, December 24th, 2021, our GMC Suburban was stolen while parked outside of our room at the Windsor Inn in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The below link will take you to a post concerning our truck being recovered.

https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2021/12/dec-29-21-our-stolen-truck-has-been.html

In the above post I wrote the following..

TODAY, WEDNESDAY THE 29th of DECEMBER 2021, we were advised by the Lake Havasu Police Department that our truck had been recovered approximately 135 miles to the North, in Cottonwood Cove, a resort area near Searchlight, Nevada.

From that day, December the 29th 2021, until this trip, both Patti and I have wondered about Cottonwood Cove, near Searchlight, Nevada.

Here we go loop de loop, Here we go loop de li !

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COTTONWOOD COVE, NEVADA

Cottonwood Cove is a 14 mile drive from Searchlight. As you leave Searchlight, heading North on U.S. Hwy 95 towards Las Vegas, you turn to your right and drive East to Cottonwood Cove on the Colorado River.

Guess what ?

Cottonwood Cove is within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area !

We drive to the formal entrance. As you will notice in the photos below, it is the off-season and the entry station did not have any employees on-duty.

We then continued to drive into the Recreation Area.

VOILA ! Cottonwood Cove !

Notice the two display boards to the right of the above photo.

Yes I know. Yes I understand that the below photos are impossible to read but you all get the idea.

On we proceed deeper into the Recreation Area.

At the end of the road is a fleet of tour boats to take visitors out onto Lake Mead.

In the below photo, on the right side of the road, you see some informational displays.

We have arrived at the end-of-the-access-road.

Beginning with the far left and panning to the right you can see the Cottonwood Cove Boat Marina.

Turning to our right.

There you have it. Our visit to Cottonwood Cove within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

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We were somewhat limited on time because we needed to get back to Denny's to meet our friends from Las Vegas for dinner and then attend our 7pm recovery meeting.

There are many, MANY homes and mobile homes in Cottonwood Cove. My hunch is that the thief who stole our GMC Suburban knew someone here. He was evidently surprised when the local police approached him (from afar I think) because he then stole a U.S. Government pickup truck with a trailer attached and took off for Lake Havasu City where he stole our GMC Suburban.

In the meantime, the Lake Havasu City police had identified him as the thief who stole our truck. They even knew his name.

As these neer-do-well itinerants are prone to do, while back in Lake Havasu City with the stolen Government pickup truck and trailer, instead of being quiet and not calling attention to himself,

he got into a dispute with someone who immediately called 911. Because they were already looking for him, the instant the police arrived-at-the-scene of the dispute they arrested him and took him into custody where he was refused bond. His trial was in late March 2022 and he was sentenced to 3 - 1/2 years in the Arizona prison system.

I too knew his name because he left his A.A. Big Book in our truck when he fled Cottonwood Cove with the stolen Government truck. In his Big Book was his complete name along with the names and phone numbers of his friends in recovery.

We have a term for the likes of him that goes thusly ..

He was "travelling light" ! Translation : He was not too smart.

Who knows, one day I may see him in a meeting in Lake Havasu City.

Smiles .. Cap and Patti who lived this nightmare beside me.