London Bridge is going up, going up, going up in Lake Havasu City

What would you do if your famous bridge was falling down? Sell it to a desert town in America... Thanks to Elks, we slated Lake Havasu City, Arizona for a "check it out" overnight en route elsewhere, not as a destination per se. RVoyager warped From Lake Havasu City Elks Top of the hill viewNice … Continue reading London Bridge is going up, going up, going up in Lake Havasu City

Introducing the 1300s: a mystery on which we obsess again while touring Casa Grande Ruins

In our travels to the Western U.S. we began to recognize a common thread weaving together abandoned sites. The occupation of sites ended close to or within one particular century... the 1300s. Gone. As if -- POOF -- people vanished, leaving only traces of their civilizations in the ruins of structures we visited... ...Where did … Continue reading Introducing the 1300s: a mystery on which we obsess again while touring Casa Grande Ruins

Drink in a Tequila Sunrise shade of sunset in Saguaro National Park

You probably picture bad guys with six guns riding horses in the dusty heat. Yet, one huge scenery staple for macho Western movies, the iconic Saguaro, surprised us with its feminine side... Thanks to Westerns, I used to think a drab monochrome of tumbleweeds, rocks, and bare dirt dominated the desert landscape. So the colorful … Continue reading Drink in a Tequila Sunrise shade of sunset in Saguaro National Park