A DAY ON THE LAKE

We were up bright and early, ready to enjoy a day on the lake with our boat, and some friends that we were going to pick up later in the day. After gassing up the boat, and picking up a few snacks, we launched the boat at Windsor Beach ramp. We first headed into the London Bridge Channel where the annual remote control boat races were in progress. In the past, we have watched these amazingly fast, little boats zoom around a closed course, with lots of spills, and thrills. We watched for a few minutes, but weren't very close to the action, so we headed across the lake to Havasu Landing, where we cruised into the marina for a closer look. The marina is advertising monthly boat slip rentals for $109, and we're considering it for the month of April. We already have a slip reserved at the Lake Havasu Marina for the month of March, but in April, their summer rates kick in, and the monthly fee jumps up to $480 a month. The big draw back to renting a slip across the lake, is we would have to take the Casino shuttle boat to and from the marina. Not sure if the convenience of having the boat in the water, outweighs the negative of extra time, and having to rely on the Casino ferry boat. It would be an approx. hour and a half drive each way, if we drove over to Havasu Landing, on the CA side of the lake, and I know we're not doing that!

From Havasu Landing, we cruised down the lake about 15 miles to Cat Tail Cove State Park, where we had agreed to pick up our friends Tom and Barbara Westerfield. Tom & Barbara have their motor home parked at the State Park, and just recently became full time RV'ers. Tom was elected President of our Golden Spike RV Chapter last month, and we're hoping that we can participate in a May, Boulder City rally that Tom & Barbara are planning. We spent a little over 3 hours on the water, visiting, and checking out the sightseeing highlights. We cruised under the London Bridge, in between the little boat races, and stopped out in the lake for a light lunch of snacks. When we dropped Tom & Barbara off, back at Cat Tail Cove, it was about 3:30, so we headed back north to the launch ramp.



The picture to the right is our boat parked on the beach at Cat Tail Cove. As the afternoon rolled on, we got some high clouds, but the temps were in the 70's. We were comfortable when stopped, but Patty wore her sweatshirt, and I put on a light jacket when we were cruising on the lake.





The bottom picture is of the remote control boat races, looking south from under the London Bridge.



It was another super day, spent with Tom & Barbara, enjoying the boat, the lake, and the great winter desert weather.