Because the Forest Service and other sites are closed, it looks like we better not go any further north. So west it is. There is a big piece of Rt 66 that goes through Oatman that I have been curious about so we took the interstate, Rt 40, as far as Selgiman AZ where Rt 66 picks up. This section is pretty original with Burma Shave signs and old gas stations, mostly all closed. Part of it goes through an Indian Reservation and the coolest part was a real windy, guard rail free section called the Golden Valley. Not much traffic on this road which I-40 bypassed. It twists and turns down the western side into the town of Oatman which is only about two blocks long and full of tourists feeding the wild burros that wander through town. It appears that there is still active mining all through here as we saw some modern looking, but small scale equipment. I think tourists are all they mine here now.
We finished up Rt 66 and headed south along the Colorado River.
Lake Havasu is a huge reservoir which we had heard about had never been to. It looked pretty busy (spring break, I know) so we stopped at Lake Havasu State Park to ask about our chances of finding a site. The guy said he had space in the overflow camping area so we said what the heck, we stay here tonight.
We went into town and saw London Bridge. Kinda bizarre but the guy who made his money selling McCulloch chainsaws who married into the Briggs & Stratton family decided to buy the London Bridge (they were building a new one. He had it taken apart, stone by stone, shipped the stones to Los Angeles, shipped it to Lake Havasu and re-assembled it. Only in America!
It is actually a really beautiful bridge which carries day to day traffic. They built a nice park under it with shops and a nice park.
Dave had never been to an In-N-Out burger place so we had an early dinner. Back to the campground and spent the rest of the evening talking to assorted interesting people walking by.
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