London Bridge Isn’t Falling Down

There it is in all it’s glory in Havasu, AZ

Today we started off planning to go to the Grand Canyon West Skywalk but first we had to go into town to get gas. While heading in the opposite direction I started reading about the skywalk. We thought it was just a walk along the west rim of the Grand Canyon. Apparently it is a glass walkway. Aside from the fact it is a glass walkway which I have no interest in, no pets are allowed. So we decided to head to Havasu to see the London Bridge. We had an early start as we woke to the sunrise at 5:20 am.

This was looking out our door this morning at 5:20.

Anyway, onward to Havasu. The London Bridge was purchased in 1964 by Robert P. McCulloch, Sr. for $2.46 million, then dismantled and shipped by boat from England to the U.S. It was rebuilt on a peninsula on Lake Havasu in 1971 for an additional $5.1 million. A channel was excavated under the bridge, and a replica English Village was built next to it. The opening of the London Bridge in October 1971 brought the world’s largest antique to the area, a world-famous attraction that continues to draw tens of thousands of sightseers to Lake Havasu City. ( taken from https://www.golakehavasu.com/media-room/fact-sheet/)

The last one is Chanel waiting patiently for John to come out of the visitor center.

Since we got such an early start and still had no real plans we decided to head for Peach Spring. We saw some great pictures of a river and views. So we headed there. It took about an hour and a half. We arrived in Peach Spring which in on a reservation but could not find the river. We really need to do more research before we head out because the pictures are about 2 hours from Peach Spring. You can get the natives to take you on a bus to the river to go tubing or rafting and touring. Again, that wasn’t our plan. We really like to explore on our own, take some short hikes (at least for me) and take some pictures. On our way back we stopped at Hackberry. A small town on old Rte 66 that has an old gas station turned tourist trap.

After checking it out we headed back to camp where I caught up on some blog posts and John helped our boondocker host do some repairs on something.

Later, John and I went out to eat at Sundowner’s Saloon. It was really good and the staff was really friendly.

Tomorrow we are suppose to head to Las Vegas but, we’ll see. We haven’t found a campground yet. We may stay here another day or two.

June 3, 2025 0

Standing on the Corner in Winslow AZ & Sedona

Taking it easy. We just passed through to get our picture here and then headed to Sedona, AZ. We needed some hook ups and showers.

We spent one night at Mund’s RV Park. We made reservations but, we arrived late so we didn’t get the code to access the bathrooms. We used the shower in our camper–which is fine– just a little confining. Munds is huge. We were in their “oversized” campsites which had no shade. Originally we thought we might stay longer but really didn’t like it there. We found some available sights at Dead Horse Ranch and booked 3 nights. Absolute heaven here.

You can see the difference.

We just spent 3 days at Dead Horse and traveled to Sedona and Camp Verde and even just hung around camp. This place is so pretty and there is so much to do. We saw a Roadrunner but I did not have my camera. I have been shooting with my phone most of this trip as it is too hot to carry any equipment. The pictures below are all from John at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.

Sedona is absolutely beautiful. We went to the Church of the Holy Cross, we wanted to hike to Devils Bridge but we realized it was a 10 mile hike. This old lady is not up for that. Whew! I like the shorter treks. We started the Brins Mesa trail and hiked about 1 mile in and had to turn around because I was getting sick. Ugh! I just can’t seem to drink enough water. We went back to camp and I took a nap. Me, the one who doesn’t believe in napping. I slept for about an hour. We went to Tuzigoot National Monument and hiked the 1/3 mile loop (that’s my speed) and then we went to the airport mesa to get sunset pictures. We got there early. Really early. Clouds came in and we took some pictures and thought we would not get much better since the clouds were so low. On the way back to camp the sky was spectacular. We should have waited. Although, we were on the other side of those mountains so maybe they didn’t get all that color.

Church of the Holy Cross
Church of the Holy Cross
From Church of the Holy Cross
Tuzigoot National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument
Brins Mesa
From the Airport Mesa
From the Airport Mesa
From the Airport Mesa
On the way home from the Airport Mesa

Slow internet has kept me a bit behind. More coming as I slowly try to catch up.

May 31, 2025 3

Grand Canyon Here We Come

This year’s trip will be so mild and tame after Alaska. I am not even sure if there are any wild animals to be on the look out. Hmm, should probably look into that. I am sure there are snakes and birds and deer–all your typical animals. In Utah there should be wild horses somewhere and bison somewhere. We shall see.

Earlier this week I hurt my foot which had me out of commission for a few days. Of course there was nothing wrong per the ER and foot doctor and two days of rest I was good as new. No clue what happened but I was in excruciating pain for two days and then it stopped. Though I had no problem sitting around with my foot up doing nothing, it did prevent me from “getting” things ready for our trip. Normally we leave the night before we plan to get a few hours into our trip. This time we stuck to the plan to leave in the morning. As we finally pulled out of the driveway at 9:00 am there was a big clunk sound and John couldn’t move forward. Seems the spring on the axle broke and we could only back up and because the trailer was now sitting lower, we scraped the tire as we backed off the road. Not a good start–but it could have been worse. We could have been on the road driving 65 mph when this happened and who knows what that would have meant. Not to mention working on the camper on the side of the road, trying to find parts. OMG! That would have been so much worse. John was smart enough to buy 2 springs to replace both–so it didn’t happen on the other side. He also changed both tires and we finally pulled out at 5:00 PM.

We spent out first night at a Cracker Barrel in Meridian, MS. We arrived about 8:15 and had dinner there and retreated to the back lot to spend the night. We try to have dinner there because we generally leave before they open in the morning. Which is exactly what we did. If they opened at 6:00 am like a good breakfast restaurant should we would just have breakfast before heading out. It’s the least we can do for a nice quiet “free” night of camping.

We headed out toward Shreveport, LA and then north to Murfreesboro, AR to Crator of Diamonds State Park. We arrived about 4:00 PM and thought we were going to head over to the park to look for diamonds but that section of the park closes at 4:00. Our only option was to tour the town, relax at the campsite and we will head over in the morning for about an hour before we leave. We are staying at Murfreesboro RV Park. Our site is awesome. This place is so nice. Very spacious sites, level lots, picnic table, some shade and a firepit. You are going to have to wait for my next post to find out how we did in the diamond field. Don’t hold your breath.

On our little tour we discovered Narrows Dam about 5 miles outside the city. Thought we should check it out so we can compare it to Hoover Dam when we get out there.

May 23, 2025 2