OFF TO LAS VEGAS VIA THE HOOVER DAM BRIDGE

Come Sunday morning we were heading to our next destination at a TTN park in Las Vegas, Nevada. But by adding only 11 miles through Kingman, AZ we would be able to drive across the magnificent new bridge overlooking the world famous Hoover Dam. On the way we stopped at a Pilot truck stop for the last diesel fuel purchase in Arizona where we were only charged $3.70 per gal. A bargain price compared to the states to come. At least 10 miles of Hwy 93 leading to the new bridge has been rebuilt to freeway standards and we kept looking for the new bridge until finally there it was. This new bridge has only been open for nine months and is already a major draw in the area with hundreds (thousands?)of people walking along on the North side walkway for a magnificent view of the Dam from 900 feet above the Colorado River and 150 feet above the dam.

But we continued on to Las Vegas to save a closer view for another day. The weather was in the 80's with clear blue skies, we parked, set up the motorhome and relaxed after a good day's drive. Our Wi-Fi here is barely adequate but it is free so we can't complain too much. At least the Verizon cell phone signal is good and our satellite locked in right away. So tomorrow is another day and perhaps we can get the pictures to load on our blog, we have some nice ones to show you. So that will be all for now, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bye

OFF WE GO FOR A NEW 2011 ADVENTURE!

Thursday June 2nd we left Tempe where the temps were getting to 100+ and headed for the Colorado River where the temps were only 90+ (at least for a few days).  After a 186 mile drive under beautiful blue skies we arrived at the Havasu Springs RV Resort on Lake Havasu.



One of two marinas

We had been invited to spend three nights at the resort for free for only listening to a sales pitch, but that ain't all, we also received a very nice Netbook computer and $100 of Shell gasoline, who could resist?

Havasu Springs Resort has been around for a while but was recently bought  by the Colorado River Adventures (CRA) Group who have about eight more resorts mostly along the Colorado River between California and Arizona. The CRA group have big plans to upgrade the resort to their standards which sound great but somehow we didn't buy just yet; sorry, Jeff!

So, with no pool to lay around and cool off,  but with excellent Wi-Fi and great power for our A/C units we spent a lot of time  hanging out in the motorhome, sure made a difference having all the slideouts for "lebensraum".  Their full service restaurant over-looking the marina offered a Friday night special of all the fish you can eat prepared in any of three different ways for only $9.95 and had a live piano/singer to entertain while dining.  Pretty tough life!

It is amazing how many people here have beautiful power boats and hot golf carts all with super fancy paint jobs.  This recession is really terrible but you certainly wouldn't know it around here.





Parker Dam downstream



 Sunday we will be off to Las Vegas where our route will take us over the fantastic new bridge bypassing the Hoover Dam, with any luck we may get some good pictures of the dam from the bridge, at least I hope so.

So much for this first effort of the year, see y'all down the road!   Bye!





Lake Havasu