Lake Fun (03-10-15)

  Life finally slowed down enough for us to put the dinghy in the water and spend some time on the lake













It’s Spring Break time here in town so we meandered through the canal to check out the action.  There isn’t as much craziness as we thought there would be, but it’s early still.

There are definitely plenty of things to do both on the water and in the air.  I have never seen someone use a water jet pack before but it sure doesn’t look easy.

These Ultra Lites are a pretty common sight around the lake.

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There is even a movie being filmed in Havasu, although honestly, I have no idea if that’s what this filming was all about.  They could have just been interviewing spring breakers.

Once we had seen all the action, we headed south to explore some coves.






The  lake has many different looks, depending on how the sun is hitting it.

But whether it looks blue or green it sure is pretty.

We ended up lounging around in Copper Canyon for an hour or so, watching the swallows build their  nests.
















We decided that it would be smart to bring our hiking boots with us on our explorations, because there are plenty of places that we can explore on foot along the shore.





With temperatures headed into the 90s soon, I don’t see much hiking in our future, but we have been trying to ride our bikes every morning.  We were planning on joining a gym but our plans changed…..







One afternoon was spent looking at RV parks,  and we found one where we would like to spend the summer- although without fail- every time I said we were looking for a place for the summer, the reaction was “SUMMER??? Are you crazy???”  Oh boy, I can hardly wait. 

We decided on Havasu RV Resort as our temporary home.  This resort has several swimming pools and hot tubs- and a fully equipped fitness center. The lots are all owned by individuals, so we got a list of sites that would be available for rental for the summer.  The woman at the front desk was awesome- she pointed out which sites would be too hot due to the fact that the patio faces west.
After settling on a site we made arrangements with the owner. $450 a month will include both the rent, and the electric.  The electric will run $200-$300 a month, so really, the rent is $200. 
We won’t move there until late May or June.  In the meantime we hope to do some more exploring away from Havasu, and we have a rally to go to in Vegas!

House Update

If there were no telephone poles, the sunset view from our lot would be a little nicer, but still, it’s not too bad.
Not too much actual progress has been made on the house yet.  The survey is the first thing that needs to happen in order to move forward.  We did meet with the builder for a couple of hours, putting together a list of needs and wishes for our new home.





In the meantime we have been talking with pool companies and fencing contractors, educating ourselves so we can make better decisions on what we want.
An interesting side note about doing business in a “small” town.  Paul and I have both had to learn to “chill” and relax our east coast expectations on how fast things should happen.  The title company took forever (in our minds) to get things finished. Slowing down the pace will be tough for us but if we don’t, we’ll drive ourselves crazy.  There is a plus side to the small town atmosphere though.




  After meeting with Wes, the builder, we did some window shopping for appliances and came across the hot water heater we want- and it was on clearance.  We called Wes, and he suggested we just tell the store (Sears) to put it on his card.  We told the woman he said that and she didn't even blink.  She put it on his card and asked when we would need it.  When we said August, she said no problem- they’ll store it for him until then.  Wow.