WHY LAKE HAVASU?

Over the years, one of the most frequently asked questions we get, is why did you move to Lake Havasu City, AZ? In fact yesterday, while helping our friends Bob & Jeanette install an irrigation system at their new house, Jeanette again posed the question. The quirky answer is that it's a warm place in the winter, and there is an IN & OUT located here. IN & OUT is a fast food franchise that started in the L.A. area, coincidentally, the same place I started my CHP career. In the late 60's, they liked having black & white cars around, so they offered food to us at half price. I've been hooked ever since, despite losing that incentive long ago. The serious answer is that when we left our CA business in 2001, we decided that we wanted to be reverse snowbirds. A reverse snowbird is self described as a person who domiciles in the warmer winter climates, & travels during the summer months. We narrowed the search to one of the communities along the southern Colorado River, and after looking more closely at Lake Havasu, it was a rather easy decision. This town is relatively new, incorporating in 1964 and not really growing much until the London Bridge was transplanted here from England, in the early 1970's. That was the catalyst for growth, and now the town has a population of approx. 50,000, that varies considerably, depending on the season. This is definitely a boating town, with multiple boat manufacturers and boat related businesses. We did the obligatory boat ownership thing for awhile, but sold the boat a couple of years ago. As they say, the 2 best days of boat ownership, are the day you buy and the day you sell! Our son Marc, keeps his boat here, but a recent phone call suggests that he may be taking it back to Tucson for awhile. Living part of the year here in Lake Havasu City has worked well for us, and other than being a greater distance from some friends and family, we haven't looked back.