Finding Our Way
A week in Lake Havasu City just doesn’t seem long enough. With all the sights in the city and all the local hiking trails, the river, the lake, wow, too much to do and not enough time. The lake, named Lake Havasu, is actually a reservoir north of Parker Dam
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Since I am just finishing the book “the Visitors” by Sally Beauman, I felt this post was appropriate. As Lucy, in “The Visitors” travels to Cairo and on to Luxor and the Valley of Kings and witnesses the unfolding events of Howard Carter’s excavations and eventual discovery of King Tutankhuman’s
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Another great day with John and Pam from OhThePlacesTheyGo. We headed out on a beautiful sunny morning over to SARA, the local park in Lake Havasu City, for a hike to Keyhole Landing which is a cove along the Colorado River. The hike is rated as a 4 star (out
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Lake Havasu City sits along the eastern shores of Lake Havasu and is a fairly large city with over 50,000 people. In the city is a park called Special Activities and Recreation Area (SARA) which provides a racetrack, a dog park, softball and basefield fields, a BMX track, and even
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Yes, I love my waterfront. The first time we went to Lake Havasu State Park I remarked how I wanted to come back and get a waterfront site. Well this year we did. We choose the week of Thanksgiving to spend at this beautiful park nestled right in the city
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We visited this park one day while staying in Laughlin. We always like to check out other RV parks and campgrounds in the area in case we are missing something. This RV Park/campground is a Mojave County park with both an RV Park area and North and South Beach camping
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Wow, we love this park. Neat, clean, huge, spacious sites, lots of privacy, and a great cell signal with strong data. Big Bend is the newest Nevada State Park and has 24 large, level sites with full hookups added in 2009. And it shows it. Welcome to Big Bend (not
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This is a nice, easy, scenic, and historic 3.7 mile trail (each way) from the Alan Bible Visitor Center at Lake Mead Recreation Area to Hoover Dam. It is a dirt, gravel, sand path which can be either walked or ridden on a bicycle. Due to the nature of the
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Government Wash is a free boondocking area in Lake Mead Recreation Area with a 15 day limit. It has trash bins and restrooms and area for approximately 30 rigs of different sizes. It provides wonderful views of the surrounding mountains and Lake Mead. A national recreation pass is required to
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One of the aspects of Valley of Fire State Park we love the most is the ability to hike anywhere directly from your campsite. No need to get in the car to drive to a trailhead, although that is definitely a possibility. We simply get up in the morning and
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