London Bridge and cat barf…
We left Yuma about 9:30am heading on a two day trip to Las Vegas. We’re traveling along with Nick and Terry Russell, our friends who publish the Gypsy Journal and run the Gypsy Journal RV rallies like the one we just finished up in Yuma.
One place we were interesting in seeing was Quartzsite, AZ, a place we’d heard about for years. Quartzsite is kind of a mecca for RV’ers who like to dry camp out in the desert. The area is surrounded by BLM land where people can park for free. Every January Quartzsite is flooded with RV’s as the place becomes one big RV flea market.
Nick took us by the scenic route which gave us some amazing views, but the many roller coaster dips as we drove over the washes made Jan’s cat, Emma, carsick. Emma proceeded to barf all over the carpet. Thanks Nick!
A little after noon we arrived in Lake Havasu City, home of the London Bridge.
We parked our rigs at a local Elks club, unhitched our truck, and all drove over to see the Bridge.
Robert McCulloch, of McCulloch Chain Saw fame bought the bridge from the City of London in 1967 as a tourist attraction for the retirement community he was building in the area.
Originally built in 1831, the bridge, out-dated for modern traffic, was dismantled, numbered, and shipped to America. It was then reassembled around a stronger concrete core, and opened in 1971.
It was actually built on dry land and then the channel was dredged out under it, making the river.
Remains of the numbers can still be seen today.
Now a large marina lies next to the bridge.
After stopping off for ice cream at Dairy Queen, we hitched up and hit the road again.
We pulled into Laughlin NV around 5pm and got parked in the River Palms Casino RV Park that overlooks the city and the casinos. It’s quite a view at night.
Nick found a problem with his rig when we were setting up. His leveler jacks would not go down and his slides would not extend. We’ll have to look at this further tomorrow.
Later we headed over to the River Palms Casino to partake of the 2 for 1 Prime Rib Buffet. That’s $5.40 per person, and it was really good!
Of course, Jan immediately lost $20 in the slots, so they made their money back, which I think was the idea.
Tomorrow we head to Las Vegas.
More then…
