Tuesday, October 30, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

We had a pretty relaxing morning...other than doing our resistance exercises, that is.  After showers and breakfast, we just chilled reading our books for the rest of the morning.

Just after 1:00 we walked over to the where the foot passenger ferry docks...we are going to take the boat over to California for an afternoon at the Havasu Landing Casino.  We took a shortcut along this sandy path that goes from the day-use area in the park to the channel walkway...I wouldn't doubt that they eventually extend the walkway all along the channel...

We boarded the 2:00 boat for the 20 minute ride across the lake...

This is the new ferry that will go into service on December 3...must be out on the lake for test runs...

 

We are through the channel and on the open lake...(we sat up top on the open deck)...

 

This is our destination...

...and into the casino we all go...

The slots let us play for a good couple of hours...in other words, they didn't just take our "allowance" all at once.  Actually Steve played with just $10...while I plugged in $20.  It was just after 5:00 when we headed outside to wait for the 5:30 boat back to the Arizona side...and here it comes...

Time to board...

And we're off...

We docked back in Lake Havasu City just before 6:00 and walked back to the campground.  It was a beautiful evening...and very hot inside the trailer since it had been closed up all afternoon, so we opened all of the windows and then sat outside for a bit to let it cool down.  We'd had a fun afternoon!

Monday, October 29, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

I was up shortly after 6:00 this morning.  After opening all of the blinds, I thought I would give the MiFi another try...and it worked!  There seems to be one spot where it catches a signal...on top of the TV, facing west towards California.  Almost immediately, the iPad start bleeping...a Skype call was coming in from my brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Suzanne.  They are on their way south and will be staying in Laughlin, NV for a week.  That’s about an hour and a half drive from here and since we will be here for a week, they are going to come for a visit...really looking forward to seeing them!!

Steve took a picture of some red-wing blackbirds having breakfast on the birdfeeder that we put up...

After 4 days without an Internet signal, I immediately went to work on our blog...and by late morning, was one day shy of being up-to-date.  But by this time, we figured it was time to get out and on with our day.

We headed into downtown Lake Havasu City to find the post office.  One of the tire pressure sensors was giving a false low battery signal so we had to mail it back to the manufacturer for a warranty repair/replacement.
 
After that was taken of, we drove across the London Bridge and parked in the Island Mall & Brewery parking lot...time to check out this touristy little area.

We wandered around the waterfront, took some pictures and then headed up back into the mall to Barley Brothers Grill & Brewery for lunch. 

We had a nice window table....

After lunch we walked across the bridge...

...and took pictures from the bridge...

Then walked down the stairs to the lakefront walkway...

We checked out the tourist information centre, picked up a few information pamphlets and then continued exploring the area...

Here I am checking out the schedule for the boat that goes to the casino on the California side of the lake...

It's obviously off-season here but with temps in the high 80's/20's, you'd think there would be more people around...

We walked under the bridge along the channel walkway...

The London Bridge Resort...looks like a happen'in place in the summer time...

Here's another lighthouse for you, Suzanne...

We walked to the end of the channel...

...and turned around and walked back...taking breaks in the shade where we could...it was pretty darned hot out there!

A couple of more pictures from the bridge on our way back to the truck...

We did a little more sightseeing via truck and then headed home.  It was around 3:00...time to find some shade and relax with our books.  Tomorrow, we thought we would take the boat across the lake to the casino.

Sunday, October 28, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Well, today’s news won’t take long.  After our usual coffee morning, we did our exercises, had breakfast and cleaned up.  Steve went outside to prepare to move things across the road to our new site...we are moving to site 36 today.  I got everything inside ready.  Now, we just had to wait for our neighbours to leave, so we sat outside in the shade reading our books.

When the checkout time (noon) came and it didn’t look like they were in too much of a hurry, Steve went and spoke to Harry.  He thought that checkout was at 2pm but they would be out shortly...he said that we could start moving things over (satellite dish, barbeque, etc).

With that taken care of, we drove to the sani-dump to dump our tanks and after filling up our fresh water tank, we arrived back to an empty site 36.  Steve easily backed in, we leveled the trailer and unhitched...now it was time to get all set up again.  One thing we noticed at this site is that there isn’t much shade and it was hot!  (88F/31C)

After our work was done, we managed to find some shade and sat reading for the rest of the afternoon.  Here is Steve's spot...

Before we knew it, it was time for happy hour...we have a much better view at this site...

Tomorrow, we are looking forward to exploring Lake Havasu City!

Saturday, October 27, 2012 (Lake Havasu State Park, Lake Havasu City, AZ)

Ahhh....sunshine and no wind this morning!  Yay!  We woke at 6:30 to the sound of motor boats on the lake...my goodness, they are out early!  I figured they were getting an early start on the fishing derby today.  There is also a boat and RV show today, a parade over the London Bridge...all sorts of activities happening this weekend.

While I was getting cleaned up, Steve drove down to the Park gate to see exactly when and for how long site 34 was available.  As it turned out, it was only vacant for a couple of nights but site 36 was available tomorrow... I guess Harry and his wife are leaving...so Steve booked it until Monday, November 5.  So we will be moving across the road tomorrow once Harry leaves.  I still don’t have internet so I guess we will be spending some time at Starbucks...using their internet.

Rather than battle the crowds on a busy Saturday, we decided to just chill around here.  Steve sat outside reading his book while I decided to bake some cookies...which really heated up the inside of the trailers since it was already 80F/25C outside.

We sat outside in the shade reading until around 2:00 when we decided to go for a walk.  We took the trail that winds along the lakefront to the day use area...

Suzanne, here is a lighthouse for you :)

The London Bridge...

The boat and RV show was taking place in the large lot adjacent to the day use area so we thought that we would just wander over and take a look.

Very cool boats but are very noisy on the lake as they are unmuffled...

Steve just loves the roominess of these pontoon boats...

4 Wheel Drive on this truck...

The Golden Horseshoe Steakhouse sounds like a great place for dinner...it's about 5 miles away...might have to consider it sometime over the next week.

Back home, we resumed our spots in the shade and relaxed for a bit until deciding to go inside and watch the news from back home (BCTV news via our satellite).  Tomorrow we will pack up and move across the road...a bit of a pain but it is a much nicer back-in site right on the lake.