Last night I could not get the AC to go on. In the morning John discovered that the post we plug into for power was dead. Everything else runs on the battery, and the solar keeps it charged up. The rangers came and looked at it, it was burnt out, they replaced the breaker and it works great now. We went out for a short paddle to cool off. It was a bit windy and choppy, but fun. The RV park right next door to the park is torn down and they are expanding the campground there. This wall and marina are about all that is left.
It is fairly shallow here near the bank. A cove with bullrushes.
John heading for an outcropping. There is a great blue heron in this bay.
John floating around. In the bulrushes where there was no wind there were lots of blue eyed darners.
The waves mesmerize me. Heading back to the beach at the campground.
Closer to the beach at the campground. These grasses on the shoreline are pretty.
I finished the masterpiece. It is 9 x 9 x 3 inches. It is made of long leaf pine needles. I fused the center from a bunch of earring that I made that did not sell. I wove the beads in the middle as prep for a class I took in Vegas. I wove the beads around the center to match the other beads. The beads are cobalt blue glass hearts.
Lake Havasu City is famous for having the London Bridge. Mr McCulloch of McCulloch tools bought the bridge from England. All the blocks were numbered and shipped to what is now Lake Havasu City and rebuilt.We didn't stop this time but here are the signs. I like that the London Bridge Resort is located on Martini Bay. We crossed route 66 twice, are still in Arizona, and one of my pet peeves- here we are in a dark and quiet campground and what do they do but put lights on the utility pedestals. They are of course right under the bedroom window. Fortunately you can turn these ones off. We were driving down the highway and saw this sign, area 66, Alien museum, exit now,so we did.
There are rumors of a UFO crash landing near Kingman in 1953. Also that Ford motor company reverse engineered the space craft for the military and tested it here. The museum only opened 3 weeks ago. We saw exhibits telling us all about it and a movie that was made to look like an old news or military documentary of it. Not sure what my own reality of these events is. The sign says-Area 66 makes no claims regarding the authenticity of these events, but rather leaves it to you, the visitor to create your own reality. The white geodesic sphere was originally built for publicity for a housing development going it. It failed, then the dome was a private home. With the Area 66 store selling alien curios. Now the dome is the museum. The alien gumball machine is in the area 66 store. There was this nice joshua tree that was fruiting. We saw them blooming earlier this year.
Water for sale in the desert. We are now camped at Hualapai Mountain Campground just outside of Kingman. The campground is at around 6,500 feet high. I can really feel the altitude after spending most of the winter near sea level. But it is blessedly cool, only low 80's when we arrived and down in the 30-40's at night. A nice relief after temps near 100 at Lake Havasu. The park is in pine trees and has deer, bears and elk. It is a tree island in the desert. The RV campground is across the street in the chaparral habitat and mostly a dirt parking lot with hookups. There are only two trees in the campground and we snagged a spot right between them.
I am working on this masterpiece now. The center is a piece of blue green howlite. View from our campsite of Hualapai peak.
The view looking east down into the valley from the campground. Sunset tonight.
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