Right now there's a very ambitious kitten to my left playing with a kitchen sink. Anyhoo, Lake Havasu is effing HOT... or at least that's what the temperature reads (114 F mid day and 109 F at night). But it doesn't FEEL like what I thought 114 weather would feel like. So, I think this is going to be a match made in heaven; Desert Heaven. The drive was long and arduous, but I made it. Jenae is doing so well for herself! She seems really happy, her boy (Jeff) is wonderful, and her house is AMAZING. Also, Jeff is in [View Full Entry]

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Denise has been behaving badly again you will all be pleased to hear, apparently it was a fat American called Dave, round 2 tonight?! Sure it had something to do with the cocktails. Kim and I stayed stone cold sober of course! After the flight over the Grand Canyon we drove up there for a closer look and to use an American expression it was AWESOME! For anybody who has never done it you really must, because words just cannot describe it, it's a bit like staring at a painting. Oh and we had snow! Then Kimley had to drive back [View Full Entry]

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Day two in Lake Havasu City turned out to be even better than the first day. I woke up at 7am, got ready for the day, and was greeted at 8am in the lobby by my uncle. He took me back to the RV park where I had breakfast and then we headed out to the lake to go fishing. At first we weren't having too much luck but slowly but surely the fish started biting. We were on the lake from about 9am to 1pm and caught 5 fish (Stripers - or Striped Bass if you prefer). We would have [View Full Entry]

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After a long drive, I arrived in Lake Havasu City, Arizona! It's beautiful here, and what's better? The temperature was in the mid 80s and the humidity was non-existent. It's currently 79 degrees outside - not my ideal but the humidity is only 11% and I definitely love that. Austin, by comparison, is currently 71 degrees (and an hour later in the day) and has 61% humidity. And, since you're curious, Portland is currently 50 degrees with an unusual 79% humidity. I don't care what you say, Portland is still better :) I got a very early start this morning. I [View Full Entry]

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The next day and we were back following Route 66, coming across two treasures in the towns of Seligman and Oatman. This is the longest surviving stretch of the road, and in these two towns particularly people really try to exploit their Route 66 links, with Route 66 merchandise and memorabilia. In Seligman we caught up with Angel Delgadillo, “Mr Route 66”, co-founder of the first Historic Route 66 Association, shop owner and barber. Though retired, he still does the odd hair cut - but he had a coach load of tourists to deal with when we were there, so unfortunately [View Full Entry]

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We set off for Lake Havasu City at about 10.00am, but not long after setting off we had to turn back because I'd left our passports and traveller's cheques in the safety deposit box in the hotel. Doh! The first part of the trip was on the freeway and big American trucks and big American motorhomes (RVs) heavily outnumbered the cars. This part of the route seemed to go on forever; there was desert on either side running off to mountains in the distance and the view didn't change very much as the road went on in a fairly straight line [View Full Entry]

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To Havasu and back Doug Pickles Westward ho to the Arizona desert and Lake Havasu. Some may remember a tale of a wealthy American business buying London Bridge under the mistaken belief that he was actually buying Tower Bridge. Well, Lake Havasu is where, brick by brick, London Bridge now stands and it was at this strange town in the middle of the desert that the Batchelor Party weekend began. The atmosphere on the lake as we motor-boated out on Saturday began rather sedately with families picnicking and boats cruising arou [View Full Entry]

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We made it to Lake Havasu last Monday and spent a week of fun and relaxation at Sue and Art's place again. Mike got to go golfing twice so that was good therapy for him. I got to sleep in, play on my computer, catch up on the news at CNN and sit in the sun at the pool! But we also did some touring in the area. Last night Sue was determined to find this desert bar that she had read about so we headed out to Parker, about 30 miles or so from Havasu, then down a dirt [View Full Entry]

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A 5 day vacation from Bay Area to Northern Arizona. So much we saw in 5 days is all very overwhelming. So, this time, I am going to split the whole vacation into relevant bits. So much to say & so many photos to show too When: Fri, 16th Feb 2007 through Wed, 21st Feb 2007 Where: Northern Arizona What: London Bridge, The Mother Road, Route 66; Winslow, Holbrook & Petrified Forest National Park. Inspiration: the movie "CARS" Highlights: London Bridge, Lake havasu city & The Mother Road itself. Well, we did I-40 all the way & took detours into [View Full Entry]

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Drove for miles and miles through the Mojave desert to dull sand dunes which were unsurprisingly big and sandy. Visited a ghost town called Calico which had no ghosts at all but did have a good cowboy gun fight. Death Valley was far better with big low lying salt plains that tasted really salty. A drive further into the desert saw us arrive at Tacopa hot springs where the water is a scorching 116 degrees. The hot spring pools are good for bathing in and you can drink the water too, but too much can clear out your "stools" as Jo [View Full Entry]

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