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"I'm in a glass case of emotion!"

So, last Sunday my parents and I decided we couldn't be right across the Colorado River from CA, and not drive through a little snippet of CA!

But before heading to CA, we took a little detour to "London" .... The famous "London Bridge" is actually located here in Lake Havasu City, AZ! In the 1960s, it was moved brick by brick (stone by stone?), built on land over a peninsula, and then the ground was removed under it, creating a channel and an island. There's a quaint little "English" town at the foot of the bridge. Mom took lots of pictures :)


















So, we headed south into Parker, AZ, crossed into CA and headed north through the desert. When we were crossing the boarder, my Mom asked if I had asked Erin if we needed PASSPORTS to get into the state. I had forgotten!! LOL! Needless to say, we encountered a "check station" right after crossing the boarder ... we were all laughing! Unfortunately, I only have pictures of this on my phone. I had failed to charge my camera battery the night before, and after visiting "London" my camera battery died! We did stop at a gas station and Mom bought a disposable camera (which the lady at the register told her she needed to be 18+ to purchase it. I didn't know cameras had age restrictions on them!)

The drive through the desert was beautiful. We were driving in a valley with the "Old Woman" mountains to our west. I laughed at that!

The northern part of CA that we entered was a town called Needles. There wasn't too much there - at all. So we came back, crossing the Colorado again (heading east for the first time during our trip) near Kingman (future home of Vince) and headed south back to Lake Havasu City.

Fast forward from last Sunday to yesterday (12-06-08) ... They have a boat parade on the river to kick off the start of the Christmas season. For anyone who can't quite comprehend this - as I couldn't really - take the 4th of July feeling of people sitting in chairs and on blankets, people passing out glow sticks, 60-ish degree weather once it gets dark and now imagine a bunch of boats decorated for Christmas (think high school Homecoming Parade-esk). Place yourself in the desert. Put it all together. There you have it. I just felt like I needed to add some snow, and then everything would have been perfect!

Off to a local sports bar to try and catch the Steelers game!!!

Coming up sometime this week: Cacti for Laura!

Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave me comments!
Julie