It was almost "end of the season" for our resort when we arrived. Lake Havasu and all of Arizona had a very wet winter this year. 2.5 inches since October!!! That is a lot for them; almost the entire year's worth!. The desert is green and beautiful.
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| Colorful Desert |
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| Teddy Bear Cholla Cactus |
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| Ocotillo at Black Meadows |
We were able to get a few Razor rides in the desert and enjoy the spectacular bloom this year. We went out to the desert bloom with about 12 neighbors.
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| Hiatt's buggy |
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| Cook Out |
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| Our Sunset View Looking Toward California |
Every chance we got we took our boat out. We were able to enjoy a day on the Colorado River with the Frietas', Simard's and Hiatt's. We took the boats up the Colorado toward Needles and had lunch at Topock 66. There is a section that is called the "Gorge" and it is beautiful. You can see parts of the Gorge in the background of the boat pictures.
| Frietas' Boat Colorado River AZ |
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| Jewell's Boat |
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| Hiatt's Boat |
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| Colorado River near Parker |
We were able to spot some wild burros near Parker too.
Our friends; the Matthews from Ontario, Canada, stayed in our resort for the month of March. We met them in 2011 on our Alaska retirement cruise. We try to get together every year or two. We have met up once in Florida in 2013, at their place near Toronto in 2016 and once before in 2012 in Arizona.
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| Monica and Scott Matthews |
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| Topock 66 |
The last weekend of April there is an annual event called Desert Storm. The big boats come to town for racing, a poker run and fun in the sun. Every little and big boat in town is also on the lake. It is a blast.
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| The Bridgewater Channel is Full of Boats on Parade Day |
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| They display the boats on Main Street on the first day |
The pontoon boat above was watching the boat races.
I guess you could say they were "DRY DOCKED".
Jackie and Walt- another great trip and thank you for all the great photos. I can see you two are doing this retirement thing properly! I used to love Arizona in the early springtime. So happy to see these pictures- Arizona did get some good rain. Welcome home!
ReplyDeleteLaurie Bren