An Excerpt from Margot Black’s Jet Set Extra.com article
There was a beautiful moment as I was sitting on the back deck of our houseboat, enjoying the glorious sunset overLake Mohave in Nevada, when I glanced over at my husband and son splashing around in the water and thought life couldn’t get more perfect.
Renting a houseboat in the middle of the desert during the second week in August could have been the biggest misstep; instead, it turned out to be the most wonderful, joyous, incredible surprise.
I’d booked the boat, which we dubbed “Biggie” because it was able to sleep 12 very comfortably, from Forever Resorts on a last-minute getaway for the three of us plus my dad and stepmom
As we drove toward the Cottonwood Cove Resort & Marina, which is a short drive from Laughlin, Nevada, and Bullhead City, Arizona, the sheer beauty of the region completely overwhelmed us.
By the time we got to our boat we were just excited to get onto the lake, a reservoir formed by the Davis Dam on the Colorado River—especially as the temperatures seemed to skyrocket by the minute…