June 8, 2009

June 8, 2009

From Buckskin Mountain we follow the Colorado River north. The river is lined on both sides with an almost continuous set of campers and boaters. The river has a series of dams on it to provide pools for water storage. Lake Havasu formed by Parker Dam supplies water to faraway Tucson and our apartment. We stop in the center of downtown Lake Havasu City to snap a few photos of London Bridge while Aimee starts humming “London Bridge is falling down”. Somehow when this bridge started falling apart in London, the Brits got the bright idea to sell it and amazingly somebody bought it. It was moved here in the middle of the desert piece by piece forty years ago. It is nothing special.

Continuing north we drive over Hoover Dam, the granddaddy of Colorado dams. From the heights of Lake Mead National Recreation Area, we get great views of the challenging construction environment of Black Canyon. Because of 9/11, our RV is searched before we are allowed to cross. A cool looking bridge is being built just downstream to divert all future dam traffic. I have taken the Hoover dam tour before so we continue on north to Las Vegas, where we get a campsite a block from the strip behind the Circus Circus casino. The West is very RV friendly.