Cruising with the Land Yacht: California !

On Wednesday, September 9th we moved to Needles, California. On our bucket list is to sleep in the RV in all 49 of the continental United States, then a cruise in Hawaii ! After this trip all we would be missing in the western US was California and North Dakota. We were so close to California we decided to slip over for one night. We will obviously come back to California to see the many things there are to see, but it will be a few years.

We stayed in the Palm's River Resort and RV Park. It was a very nice park. After setting up we drove over to Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Lake Havasu City is famous for one thing, it is the US home of the London Bridge. The London Bridge really was falling down...actually sinking and a US business man said he would buy it. He bought it for 2 million dollars. Had it taken apart piece by piece and numbered and they shipped it to Arizona and put it back together. It was reinforced and brought up to code and cost another 4 million plus to do it. At the time Lake Havasu City had around 5000 people, now there are over 60,000 and it is a popular resort area. The bridge looks great and is used as a normal bridge. We walked across. There are little shops, marinas and restaurants that overlook the bridge. They made it into a fun area.

We went back and got in the pool. It was HOT ! We found out later that Needles, CA was the hottest place in the US on September 9th at 109 degrees.

The next morning, Thursday the 10th we drove to Williams, Arizona to a really nice place, Grand Canyon Railway RV Park. After setting up we walked to the visitor center and around town a little. Williams claim to fame is they are the last city that was bypassed by US 40 so Route 66 was no longer needed. They are also the train station for the Grand Canyon Railway Train that will take you to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. We did not ride the train but we took pictures of it.