After the Pahrump Rally was over (3 October), we headed back towards Las Vegas but instead of going south by Hoover Dam on 93, we took Hwy 95 towards Needles but then turned on NV-163 to Lauglin / Bullhead City.
In Bullhead City we stopped to visit good friends and fellow Alpine Coach Owners John & Lorraine Foster.
John & Lorraine are some of the nicest people you could ever meet and we like to consider them close friends. Lorraine is also one of our current newsletter editors for the Matterhorn, our Alpine SoCal Chapter quarterly update on all things going on in our 74 member-strong club.
In Bullhead City we parked in a Lowe’s® parking lot where John & Lorraine met us. They took us over to their nice Condo on the Colorado River just across the street where we got caught up and enjoyed each others company for a short while. They weren’t able to attend our most recent rally in Pahrump, so it has been awhile since we last got together. Thanks for the hospitality John & Lorraine! Hope to see you guys at the next rally 🙂
From Bullhead City we continued south to Needles where we got on I-40 east…
until we reached the exit to Lake Havasu where we went south on 95 to Lake Havasu City.
After filling up the Urban Escape Vehicle at the Pilot/Flying J on the corner of I-40 and Hwy 95 (64 gallons for $176.25) we found the Lake Havasu Elks Lodge. We’ve been here before for dinner, which is always fantastic, but had never parked in their RV lot which had been recently remodeled and upgraded.
The new upgrades to the RV parking area at the Elks Lodge also came with an upgraded price – it is currently $25 per night for full hook-ups. We paid for two nights (arrived 3 October, left on the 5th).
We pulled into the RV lot and got set up with barely enough time to make the spaghetti dinner. We were the last people to be served an awesome spaghetti dinner complete with margaritas for only $21 🙂
We spent Tuesday, the 4th of October, tooling around Lake Havasu on the scooter. We went out on the man-made island across the London Bridge and did the loop while we checked out some of the RV Resorts for future reference.
There was a Jet Ski competition going on while we were in Lake Havasu. The quakysense® World Finals (←link). We were fascinated with the acrobatic and underwater stunts performed by some of the Jet Ski drivers we had the opportunity to watch practice (below).
We also visited the London Bridge and browsed through the Visitors Center/Museum (←link) located in English Village. If you haven’t been here before, it’s a must-see. And the pedestrian zone under the bridge is chock-full of shops to wander around in. The ice cream is pretty good too 🙂
Stay with me for my next post as I continue to play “catch-up” on the travel blog with my laptop and photo download issues… maybe I can get a new laptop soon.