Blogs from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, United States, North America - page 2

I haven’t posted any blogs since January, primarily because I have been in the same area since then. I have entitled this Lake Havasu City because the programme doesn't let you just specify an area. The Colorado River divides California from Arizona so I have been straddling the two, but mostly on the Arizona side. Several dams have been built along the Colorado, Glen Canyon Dam creates Lake Powell, the Hoover Dam creates Lake Mead, Davis Dam - Lake Mojave, and Parker Dam - Lake Havasu. I spent a month in Yuma which is only 8 miles north of the Mexican border and a very interesting place. A lot of the vegetables that are shipped all over the country are grown in Yuma. You can buy a huge bunch of asparagus for $2, and they practically ... read more

Went to McDonalds for breakfast and then drove to Lake Havasu which was only a slight detour and as London Bridge was there we thought we would go and see it. It was a beautiful area, lovely blue lake, palm trees and golden sand...you get the picture. Walked along the edge of the lake to the bridge and back again and then spent an hour cooling off in the lake as the temperature was 44oC. Drove to the Grand Canyon, determined to make it before sunset. Was a lovely drive, the scenery was very different, it was quite green everywhere and we later found out that they had been having monsoons for the last month which was quite unusual. On our drive up to the canyon it was very flat which was strange as in our ... read more

A popular tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City is the London Bridge, which crosses a 930 ft (280 m) long man-made canal that leads from Lake Havasu (on the Colorado River) to Thompson Bay. It was bought for US $2.5 million from the City of London when the bridge was replaced in 1968. The bridge was disassembled, and the marked stones were shipped to Lake Havasu City and reassembled for another US $7 million. It opened in October 1971.... read more

1st may, 2009 Up early and away, went out through the Joshua Tree national park to a place named Cottonwood at the south end of the park, well disappointment here, it was listed as an Oasis - NOT!!!!!!!!!!. Never mind moved on and up Highway 10 to Quartzite where we stopped for lunch. The photo of the RV is us parked between two big rigs. We are now in Arizona. Off and up to Big River RV park which is on the Californian side of the Colorado River, across the river is Parker, what does my idiot driver do (thats me) but takes out the entrance post to the RV park with the RV - well done Craig, Sam was so nice and I only bent the steps to the bedroom. The Colorado River is beautiful, ... read more

Ever see those episodes of the show Arrested Development and "Wee Britain?" If not, it's hilariously funny, so go watch it. Lake Havasu was surprisingly nice. It was almost as if we drove up, expecting Lake Havasu to be extremely crappy and full of disappointment. Guess not - there was a nice lake, mountains everywhere, and a miniature version of the London Bridge. The rock for this bridge was brought over (from England - oooh ahh) a while ago to make the recreation. Pretty interesting, and reminded us of "Wee Britain." It was quaint, and there is a short boat ride to the casino across the lake. We were too tired to go, but a nice drunk lady gave us $5 in chips to use; we'll use those for souvenirs. Nothing like a random oasis in ... read more