Quartzfest to Lake Havasu City

My pal Sal and I attended the closing ceremonies at Quartzfest, hoping my two tickets would snag the "grand prize", a new Icom IC-705 transceiver ... not that I really needed one, but it would have been nice to actually win something. Most of the 406 participants at Quartzfest, Roadrunner camping area, had already left ... still a bigger turn-out for closing than I expected.

We decided to stay one more night, and then head for Lake Havasu City where we plan to stay two nights. The 2-hour trip through beautiful, rocky canyons was uneventful. A stop for gas and propane went smoothly as we passed through Parker. Oh, and gas was $2.89/gallon, more than dollar less than California! I always think something is broken when I fill up and the pump doesn't go over $50, like at home.

I booked an RV park a couple miles from downtown Lake Havasu City. What is interesting is that this park is a 40+ park ... I didn't know there was such a thing. It's really quiet and anyone under age 18 must be on a leash. Ha!

After we got backed-in to a fairly deep but narrow space, on gravel, we headed for town to have a look at Havasu State Park. The state park was full, like most everything else this time of the year, but I wanted to scope out the overflow parking area as an alternate for another trip here when the 25 FHU spaces at Elk's Lodge are full. 

The overflow at State Park was spacious, all asphalt, and would have worked for us dry camping. $10/night with water and dump station available. But, it's nice to have full hookups here at DJ's RV Park. Plus, my Senior Pass would have worked to get a 50% discount, as well ... Not trying to be cheap, just frugal.

We drove along the canal that connects to the Lake to get a good view of the famous London Bridge.

It was a simply perfect day here, with temps in the mid-60's. And, we just happened to arrive to watch RC boat racing on the canal. This looked like a big deal, with many trailers on the opposite side of the canal, teams prepping big 4-foot long boats, and then the racing around an oval course maked by pylons ... I'm estimating 60 mph+ with some spectacular crashes.

Today we are going to poke around Lake Havasu City, weather permitting, as it did shower this morning. The rain on the roof of the RV is so relaxing, laying in bed listening to the pitter-patter. I got the car washed yesterday, so no worries about being embarrassed driving around this high-end neighborhood with a dirty Jeep.

A view inside the bus looking forward with me at the portable ham station, Christina working online, and guard dog Rian watching the door. Ha!

That's it for this post ... so long from Dennis, Louise, Christie and Rian, the guard dog, in Lake Havasu City.

Next stop is Boron, CA and a visit to the Museum of an era where a 20-mule wagon trains were used to haul Borax to places unknown. As always, more to come, so stay tuned ...