TODAY'S WEATHER; OUR PLACE 84 DEGREES LAYTON UTAH 56 DEGREES
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS QUITE WARM TODAY THE RIVER IS ICY COLD ALL YEAR ROUND IT AVERAGES AROUND 42 DEGREES. BURRRRRRRRR COLD! ON REALLY HOT DAYS IT FEELS SO NICE THOUGH. THE COLORADO RIVER IS THE THIRD LONGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES.
TODAY WE WOKE UP EARLY AND PACKED A PICNIC LUNCH IN THE ICE CHEST, THREW IN SOME SODA’S AND WATER, GRABED OUR SUNGLASSES, HATS AND MOST IMPORTANT THE SUNSCREEN, HOOKED UP THE BOAT AND HEADED TO THE COLORADO RIVER. IT IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM OUR HOUSE SO WE WERE ON THE RIVER IN ABOUT A ½ HOUR AFTER WE LEFT HOME.
BEING OUT ON THE RIVER IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, IT IS SO FUN AND THERE ARE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO SEE ALONG THE WAY, WE WERE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH STANLEY.
STANLEY WANTED TO DRIVE BUT HE WAS TOO LITTLE, SO WE LET HIM SIT IN THE DRIVER SEAT AT THE DOCK SO I COULD GET A PICTURE OF HIM WHILE GRANDPA PARKED THE BOAT AND TRAILER.
THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE RIVER
WITH MORE THAN 500 MILES OF THE COLORADO RIVER EITHER RUNNING THROUGH OUR STATE OR FORMING IT’S BORDER, THE COLORADO RIVER IS A MAJOR PART OF ARIZONA.
THIS IS THE ENTRANCE TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE TOPOCK GORGE
THIS AREA IS CALLED DEVILS ELBOW
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE A LARGE PETROGLYPH ON THE DARK CLIFF FACE ON THE RIVER. THIS AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A HOLY PLACE BY BOTH THE AHA-MAKAAV, MOJAVE NATION AND THE NUWU, CHEMEHUEVI TRIBE. SO WE WERE CAREFUL TO RESPECT AND HONOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THIS AREA IS CALLED "HUM-ME-CHOMP", ENGLISH TRANSLATION MEANS "THE ROCK WHERE THE RIVER ONCE CHURNED TO MAKE THIS PLACE INACCESSIBLE TO THE LIVING". THIS WAS SO AMAZING TO SEE.
LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN....CONSTRUCTION OF THE LONDON BRIDGE STARTED IN 1825 IN LONDON ENGLAND AND IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT IS CONSTUCTED OUT OF MOSTLY GRANITE. IN 1962 IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LONDON BRIDGE WAS FALLING DOWN. LONDON DECIDED TO AUCTION OFF THE OLD BRIDGE. THE FOUNDER OF LAKE HAVASU CITY, ARIZONA ROBERT MC CULLOCK, WAS THE WINNING BID, HE PAID 2,460,000.00 THE BRIDGE WAS CAREFULLY DISASSEMBLED AND EACH PIECE WAS NUMBERED. IT COST ANOTHER 7 MILLION DOLLARS TO HAVE IT SHIPPED BY BOAT 10,000.00 MILES TO LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA, FROM THERE IT WAS TRUCKED TO LAKE HAVASU CITY ARIZONA. IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED TO LOOK AS IT HAD OVER IN LONDON, IT WAS FINALLY FINISHED IN OCTOBER 1971.
WE DOCKED AT THE LONDON BRIDGE AREA OF THE RIVER, AND WALKED UP TO THE SHOPS THEY HAVE THERE. BECAUSE IT WAS ANOTHER WARM DAY, WE ALL GOT A HAWAIIAN SHAVED ICE, WHICH IS LIKE A SNOW CONE. STANLEY LOVED THIS. HE SAID IT IS STILL WAY TO COLD IN LAYTON FOR ICE CREAM!WE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY ON THE RIVER. WE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LAKE HAVASU AND THEN BACK. WE SAW SO MANY BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING THINGS IT WAS A WONDERFUL AND FUN DAY. STANLEY HAD A BLAST. BOY WERE WE ALL TIRED WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME.
4 comments:
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Anyhoo, we think Stanley is having a blast, and he isn't going to want to be sent back home to Layton, especially because we woke up to TWO inches of snow this morning!!! When you send Stanley back, send back some warm weather too!
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YES, WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH STANLEY. WE ARE REALLY GOING TO BE SAD TO SEE HIM GO.
NOW ABOUT SENDING YOU SOME WARM WEATHER, YES I COULD, BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL, BECAUSE IN ABOUT A MONTH WHEN IT IS 115 DEGREES HERE, I WILL WANT TO GET AWAY AND COME TO YOUR HOUSE TO GET AWAY FROM THE HEAT, SO SORRY FOR PURELY SHELFISH REASONS I WILL NOT SEND YOU ANY WARM WEATHER.
Very interesting facts about the London Bridge, I did not know all of that. I bet Stanley is learning so much.
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