LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ April 2009

We left Sante Fe on Monday, April 13th and arrived in Lake Havasu City on the 15th with a stop over on the 14th in a RV park near Kingman. It is sure nice to get out of the snow as we went

From This

To This

And This

Now this is more like it.

Lake Havasu City is not very old as it was founded in 1974 and it's claim to fame is the London Bridge. This is where the London Bridge ended up after it was sold in 1968 to Bob McCullough of McCullough Chain Saws. It was he who designed and cultivated the city into what it is today, a tourist town. The bridge was totally dismantled in London, each stone was given a number and then transported to Lake Havasu City where it was reassembled stone by stone. When they were building it here in Lake Havasu it was on dry land. The lake was diverted later to create an island and the bridge now spans the waterway.

The island is great for biking and we have been going for a ride every day, around the island and into town. It is about a 10 mile return trip but we kind of spoil the benefits of the ride as Kathy makes me stop at Starbuck's every time we hit town. There is also a walking and biking trail that takes you along the water that goes under the bridge and we have included that in our daily treks. The scenery is also pretty good. Eh Rick.

On Thursday the 17th I turned the big "60" and this is a nice spot to celebrate the day. We had a huge breakfast of bbq'd sausages, pancakes and eggs, all of which I cooked outdoors. We then went over to the beach for some sun and scenery and of course a starbuck's returning in the late afternoon. At which time I fired up the bbq and cooked a nice dinner of baked potatoes, steak for me and lamb for Kathy along with a nice salad which we ate outdoors as the sun was setting. It was a good day. I received a lot of birthday wishes on Facebook and they were greatly appreciated. Thanks to all.

We are going to be here until the morning of the 19th and then we are heading north. I don't think we will get much past Laughlin that day as Kathy has been bugging me to play some Pai
Gow Poker. She has become a Pai Gow junkie.

Well time has lapsed and we are actually in Laughlin, NV where we will spend the night. Then it is off to Zion National Park where we hope to spend about three days. We will be doing some hiking and I hopefully will get a chance to exercise the camera as I am told the scenery is beautiful.