Lake Havasu and the London Bridge...

We left Vegas and drove 175 miles south to Lake Havasu City, Arizona...home of the London Bridge.

German Bullet Holes

The London Bridge was constructed in 1831 and spanned the Thanes River until 1967 when it was dismantled.  An American, Robert McCulloch who had just founded Lake Havasu, a community in the Arizona desert, bought the bridge at an auction and had it shipped over in numbered pieces.  It was reconstructed over a steel structure and was completed in 1971.  Some of the stones are reported to have German bullet holes from World War 2.

We spent a few quiet days relaxing at Crazy Horse RV Park in Lake Havasu City.  It's a large park with about 600 campsites, They are gravel and reasonably level.  We stayed in a pull through with full hook-ups, including cable, on the upper level, near the front of the park.  There are many water and electric sites on a lower level that are waterfront, as well as a marina. The one thing we didn't like is they put a sticker type parking pass on both a truck window and fifth wheel window.  They did not come off easily.

We visited the London Bridge and the small village constructed around it...there are a few shops but village looks like it is deteriorating.  I stopped at one of the shops and was trying on hats...forgot I had my reading glasses pushed up on my head until I missed them later on.  They were my favorite pair!

I have been tired of desert landscape for some time so it was nice to be near a large body of sparkling blue water.

Next stop...Sedona and the Grand Canyon!