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 apart from the bridge, 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 …
M&I / GBMINI 
