April 19th: Wednesday at 6:23 we left to go to our family reunion in Laughlin Nevada. We drove through Texas for about 7 hours and drove 1 hour in New Mexico. After that we stayed in a hotel for the night.

April 20th: Thursday we left at 7:00, drove through the rest of New Mexico for 2 hours, then arrived in Arizona. We saw many mountains and cacti. We drove 7 hours through Arizona, and then we arrived in Laughlin, Nevada where our hotel was. This is the hotel where we had our family reunion. It was called the Aquarius. We were on the 3rd floor with a large deck (which was the roof of the center building) connecting the two towers.

April 21st: When we woke up, there were locusts EVERYWHERE outside our door, all over the hotel, and around the hotel.  It was gross.  Some got inside the building by the elevators.  We went downstairs and had a family gathering in a cafe for breakfast. After this, we went to the pool and relaxed most of the day. At 4:00 we had a big family gathering that lasted 2 hours. During this I learned that some of our extended family was from Mexico.

April 22nd: We had breakfast at McDonalds with other family members. At 12:30, we went on a boat down the Colorado River and saw Davis Dam. We learned many things during this boat ride about the history of the river, the history of Laughlin, and the history of BullHead City, Arizona. After this, we had another big family gathering where we played a game that we like to play every year called Left Right Center, and if you don’t know how to play it, then you should try learning how to play. That night we also went bowling and played laser tag.

April 23rd: We had our last family gathering at Cafe Aquarius and we got to see Hoover Dam! This was very exciting. We didn’t stay long, but we got to see this Dam and it was HUGE!! We took many photos and pictures. When we got back we went to a Mexican restaurant.

April 24th: We headed back home. We drove 9 hours to New Mexico until we stayed in a hotel for the night.

April 25th: We arrived home after an 8 hour drive.