Heat Wave, Treasure and Flying Boats

Like our trip to the Meteor Crater, our visit to Lake Havasu came with its own unforeseeable factors.  When we arrived at the State Park it was amazing how empty it was and how fortunate we were to find a spot right on the lake!

"We can sit outside in the breeze", we thought. "How perfect", we thought. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

We got the rig set up, and the temp inside the RV rose quickly.  I decided a light, fast dinner was in order, so I used some leftover roast chicken and made nachos…the cheese was melting before I got it into the microwave, and so was I. 

The temperature outside stayed in the triple digits until well after 10 PM.

However, the sunset over the lake was stunning. And though we were hot, we settled in for a movie and the A/C ran all night long.

When the sun arose, so did we. It had seared through our eyelids, even with our double thick night blinds. So we took advantage of the cool morning, made a couple of ice coffees and sat outside to enjoy nature’s beauty...but soon, the ants came marching one-by-one, hoorah, hoorah ... we fought back, squishing each as quickly as they came, but they retaliated coming two-by-two, three-by-three and so on, until our only option was to shake off the bugs and itch our way back into our easy-bake-RV-oven.  

Cotye and the Blue Lizard lie on their backs trying to stay cool.

The rest of the day was a blur. We closed off all of the vents in the main cabin and scurried to the bedroom where we shut ourselves in and tried to stay cool with all the A/C concentrated on that one room.

At one point, Mark and I fell asleep during a movie and awoke with our arms melded together like two sticky gummy bears. Being "inseparable" took on a whole new meaning!

We tried to go outside again around dusk, but the temp was still in the triple digits and the carrion birds were circling, so we retreated back into our plush tin can. Hit rewind and did it all again.

This park closes down through the summer and is apparently a real hot spot (no pun intended) during the winter months when the temps are in the 80’s.  

It wasn't all bad. We did find a piece of treasure, really! 

A gold plated coin with the picture of Zachary Taylor on it, whom I just happen to be related to. The only dates on the coin were his date of birth and date of death.

I'll have to check into this on-line and see about the mint details.

We also saw our first flying boat. Yep, you read correctly! It is an ultralight boat that starts out on the water, then takes off on wings like that of a hang glider and actually flies, boat and all in the air!

Flying Boat taking off 

Flying Boat soaring high!

Leaving town we realized there was a much prettier side to Lake Havasu, with actual shade trees.

There were many beautiful places in patches all along the lake. If only we'd driven a bit further before settling on the first RV Park we saw. 

Did you know that the London Bridge from the song we knew as children, was transported to the US and rebuilt in Lake Havasu City in 1964? 

It was completed in 1971 (along with a canal), and links an island in the Colorado River with the main part of Lake Havasu City.

Over the London Bridge

Under London Bridge (Can't see the river from this angle)

The dirt on the hills around Lake Havasu City is either dark cocoa or black, depending on the lighting. How would you like to have this big guy looming in your backyard?

And the road just  past these hills went on forever and ever,  without much to see,

 at all.  This is when Cotye and I fell asleep . . .

. . . Thank God Mark did NOT!

Back in California, we are checked in at The 29 Palms RV Resort. There are a lot of shade trees, yay! I cooked dinner, our tummies are full, the dishes are done. The trees are obstructing our satellite but we don't mind, it is nice to be cool. We plugged in a DVD, The Bucket List and then plan to retire early.

Tomorrow we will be back home in Santa Clarita Valley and we can pick up our Toad (SUV)!

Have a great evening!