February 25: Still Lake Havasu

 So still in Lake Havasu City waiting for the Barbie Jeep to get fixed.  Seems the carburetor also needs to be redone... its what happens when you buy a 27 year old car I suppose.  Did some fun stuff though...

Started visiting all the lighthouses - they are all replicas of 'famous' ones for example the Fire Ireland lighthouse off Long Island - the first lighthouse the immigrants would see coming from Europe.

Castle rock - short hike north of Havasu

Castle rock view - the upstream end of the lake

A great aloo dal (lentils and potato) - always a challenge to cook in a small space, but it worked out great.

Learning all the plants of the Sonoran desert is going well (ish)

Fun part is having a cactus garden in the State Park next door

Bunny ear vs Beaver tail vs Cow tongue cactus...

The obligatory lighthouse and sunset

It does look somewhat Caribbean

and the bridge

Also clocked 2000 miles in about 2 years...

and then on Friday night went out to Mustang Sally's - the band was called Mr Max but they did an excellent job on Hendrix, Stones and rock and roll covers.

This sums up Havasu City - gun store next to an Arts theater.

Pets at the pool - look closely and there are 2 humming birds in a nest.  I still do not understand the many humming birds in the desert with no apparent flowers.

Sunday went for a ride of about 7miles - all uphill and then a further 2 miles of walking uphill to get to an old abandoned mine (which I found) and a waterfall (which I did not find) and then all the way back again - which was luckily all downhill.  Spot the can...

but the view was beautiful