Just checkin' in letting everyone know we're fine. Less than two weeks to go and we're on our way to San Diego. Today was our second day since we've been here in Lake Havasu City to have a cloudy day. In some ways it's nice as it gives a break in the heat. As we're paying for our electricity here, that's nice as we're not constantly running both ACs.
The pictures are of the Bill Williams NWR. The Bill Williams NWR was created in order to replace wildlife habitat lost to the Parker Dam and the resultant Lake Havasu. It's located at the point where the Bill Williams River now flows into Lake Havasu. Somewhere below all that water is the confluence where the Bill Williams River use to flow into the Colorado River. To us the landscape looks like Mars with some vegetation. Pretty and very different from what we're use to back east.
We enjoyed our walk there and spent some time talking to one of the volunteers. The RVs are parked under large tents to protect the RVs and try to keep them somewhat cool. Think of a carport with a fabric roof and you get the idea. I should have taken pictures. They blended in well with the landscape and other buidings. So this place is now on our list of potential volunteer spots - but only for the winter!
We found this NWR to be well maintained and visitor friendly with handicapped accessible fishing docks and picnic shelters. The principal trail is paved. The remaining trails aren't "maintained", but they sure looked like they're "maintained". All buildings are built and painted to blend in with the landscape. Based on all the inscriptions, it looks like the public areas were built by reserve seabee units over several years. They did a nice job.
Anyway, that's it for this week. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Have a great Thanksgiving! David.
No comments:
Post a Comment