Lake Havasu Arizona

We've settled into a routine in Las Vegas.... too routine I was told!  On Thursday after walking  Savannah through the neighborhood on her daily walk Jay says,  "Let's get out of here this weekend"!
When Jay takes Savannah for her walks he disappears for at least an hour, he talks to all our neighbors about where they've been and often comes back with ideas for a new trip! Never one to be easily blindsided, I say, "What, like a road trip in the car to the desert"?  No, better!
So his approach went like this...
"Your daily phone conversations with your Mom are getting boring, you are running out of stories to share"' so.....Let's pack up the coach and head to Lake Havasu Arizona for the weekend! "Our neighbor Joe in the Winnabego says it's a great trip"!
 That's our plan, we are leaving tomorrow morning! We packed up the coach, attached the bicycles and headed south on I 95 after a quick stop for breakfast at our favorite Pub!
Lake Havasu City Arizona is famous for one thing, in 1971 a local chap Robert McColloch went over to London and purchased the London Bridge at auction for a mere 2.4 million dollars. It was meticulously disassembled and the blocks were then shipped overseas through the Panama Canal to California and trucked to Arizona . Following the reconstruction of the London Bridge, Lake Havasu City rededicated it in a ceremony on October 10th 1971. The London Bridge is Arizona tourism's second largest attraction after the Grand Canyon, it attracts  thousands of visitors each year and is a popular stroll for people on romantic getaways in Arizona! I'm sure Jay picked this getaway for that reason!

The 148 mile trip was right through the desert and some small towns like Searchlight Nevada and we arrived in this famous locale within 2 and half hours after a brief stop at a roadside stand in Needles California for a quick purchase of some local orange blossom honey.

                                                 

Our weekend destination was right on the lake in a small RV resort called Crazy Horse RV resort.

I haven't seen any horses here, but, I can tell you we have a great spot 30 feet from the water!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset and began enjoying our weekend getaway!

Saturday morning we hopped on our bikes, these are the same bikes we have hauled around on the back of the car for months and have barely ridden!  We didn't bring the car on this trip so I saw this as some imposed exercise! We took off and went over the "famous" bridge and rode around this cute town for a few hours, it's small so we were able to easily see the sights within a short period of time!

We are riding around seeing the sights!

I guess they still use the old flags?!

Whenever we go to a new place we manage to meet some really nice people! Our neighbors to the right of us were two guys from Vancouver here with their motorcycles, seeing our great country and all it has to offer! We shared information on our past stops and I'm sure we will see them again on the road sometime!  Another couple we met just purchased a coach exactly like ours. That was an interesting conversation because we quickly commiserated on common issues, like why the televisions are always a challenge to operate. We have offered to help with any issues, since we already have most of the "bugs" worked out!
Savannah and I spent the afternoon diving in the water chasing the ball and so she I both needed a clean up before we were allowed back inside the coach.  I grilled chicken on the "barbie" and we  turned in early as usual! We had planned to leave on Sunday but decided to stay until Monday morning, aaah, the beauty of retirement!

See ya back in Las Vegas!