Today we left Las Vegas and headed south, over the Hoover Dam and into Arizona. The dam area was chaotic with traffic but we grabbed a couple of pics, showing how low the water level is:
After lunch at Mr.D’z diner in Kingman we reached Lake Havasu City, where an old London Bridge was transported and set up across the lake, back in 1971 - supposedly the American buyers thought they were getting Tower Bridge(!) but I don’t believe it.
There is a lot of tourist trap stuff around the bridge and other than the bridge there Lake Havasu City does not offer much - so I guess it was just a marketing gimmick:
From there we headed west towards California, and visited Parker Dam which was devoid of traffic & people and much nicer to visit than Hoover Dam:
There was a huge crane / machine there used to raise & lower the dam sluices (note Margaret standing dwarfed at the base):
After Parker Dam we continued west, into California. We found somewhere to stay in Indio, near to the Joshua Tree National Park where we plan to go tomorrow …