The light this morning made us sad we had missed the view from our site last night! The RV park was situated right on the lake and we had a wonderful view (once the morning rain stopped and the sun made us a little warmer) for pictures:
We made ourselves some eggs and hashbrowns and headed out in the spotty, rainy but warm weather to go down to the London Bridge in downtown Lake Havasu City. We got some great pictures of this old English monument, transplanted to Arizona in 1971 (FYI – it’s the second most popular tourist attraction in Arizona, second to the Grand Canyon!):
After this break, we headed back out on the road for a long stretch through the desert heading into California.
Along our way, we drove through Needles (supposedly the hottest town in America, it was a balmy 70 degrees) along a bumpy road and headed to Goffs where we stopped for some lunch. Since Shawn and I have been on a mission for tumbleweeds, Amy and Shawn stopped and set up a great picture when we found some tumbleweed on the side of the road. We, of course, took pictures (and a video) of them setting this up and chasing it down the road!
We then followed down the road through Fenner, Essex, Danby, and many other smaller towns with signage and historic sites along the road, including the Amboy Crater and Lava Field.
Along the route were a few landmarks called the Shoe Tree (there was also a Bra Tree and Underwear Tree - I spared you pictures of those) which was a collection of travelers' donations of shoes along the years.
We then traveled down the road through many other smaller towns and made a stop in Barstow for some group photos and shots of signs.
Outside of Barstow before a small town called Helendale, we came across the Bottle Cactus Ranch – a great garden of bottle and glass creations by a local man. It was SUCH a cool stop.
We then headed directly to dinner at a place I had found via Yelp called Out of This World BBQ in nearby Apple Valley.
Once we were filled with good amounts of BBQ (we definitely needed a break from southwestern & Mexican food), we headed out – and then our night got interesting.
Our reservations were set up to stay at the Mojave Narrows Regional Park RV area in Victorville – confirmation accepted and deposit paid. I should mention at this point that we had been driving at least 7 hours and the sun was just beginning to set and we were ready to relax for the night. However, the San Bernadino County park that we pulled in to was most definitely closed for the night. We called many answering machines and several phone numbers (including a sheriff’s office, who had NO IDEA what we were referencing in our questions) to no avail. Luckily, technology was on our side that night and Chris was able to pull up a closer RV Park where we could register and stay for the night. Thankfully, the staff at the Shady Oasis (which very much lived up to its name for us!) were extremely helpful and we settled down for the (cold!) evening, made more drinks than usual and planned our disappointed phone calls for the next day.
All what you sign up for when traveling on the road!
All in all, a great day with lots of history and fun –
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