London Bridge

Yes, the London Bridge is alive and well in Lake Havasu City, AZ. We took a day trip to Lake Havasu City yesterday and, one of the things we took time to see was the London Bridge – all decorated for Christmas. It was moved from London to Arizona some years ago. Not sure why London let it go, it’s quite impressive. Maybe they outgrew it and didn’t want to pay to move it to another location in England. Apparently some American entrepreneur(s) decided it was worth the cost to move it here. There is no toll or fee of any kind; maybe they have already recouped their investment.

While we were in Lake Havasu City we visited a number of RV parks, looking for future sites – maybe even our next site. We have been planning to go to Yuma after we leave Ehrenberg, but we may be enticed to go north instead of south. We’ll probably make a day trip to Yuma next week for the sake of comparison. We found a few places that were okay and a few that weren’t. It will be difficult to match what we have now, with grass and (small) trees, and access to the river, and a 40-foot wide site. The ones we looked at yesterday were not as wide, none had grass, few had trees, and most were more expensive. What they did have is activities such as shuffleboard and bocce ball.

Our current place doesn’t have many organized activities, although they are planning some gatherings for Christmas. I think they used to have regular Bingo games, but last summer some rowdy kids destroyed the bingo balls and they haven’t yet replaced them. That’s in the works. There’s a pool table, but Paddy hasn’t yet found anyone to play with. He wants competitive activities. I just want someone to walk with, and I think I found her this morning.

Anyway, on our way back from Lake Havasu City, we took a detour to go over the Parker Dam, which creates Lake Havasu along the Colorado River. The dam was extremely narrow. In order to keep people in big trucks and pulling trailers from crossing, you have to go through a chute made with Jersey barriers. If you can’t make it through the barriers, you won’t be able to make it over the dam. In fact, the damage inflicted on your rig will be substantial. And we were in The Beast. Paddy crawled through the barriers and we made it, so we made it over the dam. Whew! It was tight.

After crossing the dam we drove down to the bridge that crosses back into Arizona at Parker, a much easier way to get across the river. There were a couple more campgrounds along that road that looked interesting, with really wonderful views of the cliffs along the river canyon. But no Wi-Fi. We’ll see.

All in all it was a good day, although we didn’t get back until after 5:00 pm – late for our toddies (but not too late).