Lake Havasu City

Lake Havasu City is likely the "snow bird" capital of the USA during the winter months. I'm seeing license plates from all the northern and north-eastern states. And, virtually all of the RV parks are full. I found a couple nights at DJ's RV, about 4 miles north of town.

A little tricky backing-in, but my snow-bird neighbor helped with a few hand signals so I wouldn't run over the water spigot. Full hook-ups are nice to have after camping in the desert for 7 days.

A little overcast today, with early-morning showers, but not enough to keep us from driving down to "the bridge" to walk around the few businesses there. Louise bought a T-shirt and a cool do-dad for the backyard. A few pictures follow, first the entrance fountain at the gate into the old-timey English village:

Louise stopped to make a call, but the phone was gone ...

And, here is a pix from the opposite side of the canal from where we watched the RC boat races yesterday, all gone today:

Okay, I'm going to pause here, save the draft, and pick it back up after the Italian dinner tonight. I'll have the waiter/ress take a picture of us chowing-down on a plate of some kinda pasta, I'm sure. Ha!

Dinner was excellent, preceded by lobster-stuffed mushrooms, spinach salad, and a glass of the finest Chianti. The girls had lasagna, and lobster ravioli, respectively. I went for a trifecta of ravioli, spaghetti, and pesto gnocchi. Excellent! Unfortunately, we were so busy eating we forgot to ask our waiter to take a picture.

From the restaurant, we explored the island, stopping at few lighthouses to watch the sunset across the lake.

These are scaled-down replicas of 28 full-size lighthouses found around the Great Lakes in the north-east, most originally constructed in the 1800's. Each had a plaque with history and a mention of the good folks in Lake Havasu City who built the replica.

I'll wrap up this post with a picture of Lake Havasu City with the setting sun shining on the city to the east. We were going to stay to see the city in "lights", but as soon as the sun set the temperature dropped 10 degrees ... Time to head back to the RV.

Tomorrow we head for Boron, CA, so stay tuned ... always more to come.

Dennis