After the rain and winds yesterday, this morning was spectacular. The air was crystal clear with blue skies and a few white puffy clouds. It’s the best weather we’ve had for over a week or more and we took full advantage of it.
We’ve been wanting to walk over to the nearby lighthouse and get some photos and with the perfect morning, it was an opportunity to not let pass. This is a small-scale lighthouse and was placed there by a local couple who enjoyed Lake Havasu over the years and wanted to commemorate their love of the area.
Afterwards we headed over to the London Bridge which is located less than a mile from the state park. It’s a beautiful addition to the city and although it’s a short span, it connects the island to the mainland. The bridge is the original bridge that was built in London in the early 1800s but as the song goes ‘London Bridge is falling down’ it was falling down or rather sinking down, and the city of London decided to auction it off rather than fix it. Robert McCullough of Lake Havasu decided he had the perfect location for it and made the winning bid of $2.4 million but that was only the beginning because the bridge had to be dismantled, transported across the ocean and since Arizona is landlocked, across land, and then reassembled at it’s new location. It cost another $5million, bringing the total to over $7m. I am certain that today that cost would have been billions and certain it’s generated more than enough money over the years to cover it’s cost and then some for this community.
We read about US soldiers in WW2 who carved their names in one of the stones on the bridge and we wanted to check it out. The lamp posts have a neat backstory as they were cannons Napoleon Bonaparte deployed in his battles with England and were melted down and made into lamp posts after he met his Waterloo.
Upon entering the gated area, there is a large fountain with 4 lions spewing water into the base of the fountain. It is very British-looking as is the architecture of the shops along the lake’s edge in the shadows of London Bridge along with the some of the apartments and condos in the area. It is a unique feature of this community and the State of Arizona, coming in 2nd place to the Grand Canyon as the most visited area in the state.
It was busy and as the day progressed, the crowds began to get bigger, and we decided to head back to the campgrounds. We wanted to take Justice down to the dog beach and hike to the desert garden area again to hopefully catch some bird photos. Justice loves the water and getting to cool off before we head over to the park to check for some new birds. We captured photos of 1) Yellow-rumped Warbler 2) American Coot 3&4) Verdin
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Beautiful pics!
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