Sunday, January 10, 2010

London Bridge in the desert





It's amazing to see what extent a town will go to for tourism. In Lake Havasu City, we found a bridge that once spanned the banks of the Thames river in England from 1825-1962 when it was taken down due to the fact that it was sinking, then reconstructed in Lake Havasu City. Lake Havasu is the result of the Parker Dam built in 1938 just down the lake near our RV site. The city and bridge rose up in the 60's as a result of the Dam creating a sporting paradise. The folks in the tourist department need to take a trip back to Europe to learn how a gondola should look. The Lake Havasu version is rather sad.

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