Lake Havasu City

Hopefully the processing glitch is fixed as I sit here and try to tell our story of the past week.  Somehow, the time has passed quickly and here it is, already Monday.

This past week was spent in Lake Havasu City where we attended a 4X4 rally.  It was a great chance to make new friends, and have a great visit with old friends.  Now the word "old" simply refers to how long we have known these friends rather than their age.  

The week started off cool and rainy and not very pleasant.  That, though turned out to be a blessing as the rain settled the dust on the trails, cleaned the dust off the plants, and made the wild flowers burst to life.  It seemed to have rained a lot but there was very little evidence of this in the washes.  Each day became warmer, the skies cleared and we had wonderful weather.  I will try to tell about our week in some pictures that I took.

Check out the bird

Cabin

We took a trip to a cabin which was about 10 miles out into the desert.  The road out was fairly easy but rough (washboard).  The amenities were amazing - beds and mattresses for four (bunk beds), a veranda with various chesterfields and armchairs, an outdoor bathroom, horseshoe pit, large barrel.

Beds

Lawn ornaments

There was even a little friendly competition

 Gerry went on a hike one day through Sara's crack.  As you can tell it is a very narrow opening through the rocks.  On the left you can see where they had to cascade down some slick rock.  After crossing one patch of water (apparently it was quite cold), they had to find an alternate route as the next water was rather deep.  They did manage to clamber out and up onto the top.  They then walked down to Lake Havasu.  According to the gps that one of the fellows had, the round trip was 7.8 miles.  He definitely felt that he got his exercise for the day.

 

The show of flowers is amazing.  The beavertail cactus is particularly amazing with the number of blossoms open.  And the brittle bush along side the trail is very showy.

Many of the trips have a variety of scenery - from washes, to canyons to mountain tops.  the views are often spectacular.

I must apologize for posting so late this week.  As I had tried to post many more photos, the format eluded me.  As a result, I spent way too much time trying to do something that wasn't to be.



Until next week, take care.