Fun in Arizona

Today we drove for a while on Route 66, which is supposed to be famous for being the first interstate highway ever. I think whoever gave it that title was grasping at straws - there were roads LONG before this one was built, and they even went between different places! Just like an interstate highway!

Anyway.

It was neat in a retro sort of way. We stopped at the Roadkill Cafe for coffee. I'm not sure, but I think it's famous. Their motto is "You kill it, we grill it".


Next stop was the Grand Canyon Caverns. It was so much fun! Our tour guide into the caves, a gruff old guy named Pete, was almost as fascinating as the caverns themselves. He looked and sounded like an old prospector and his laid back drawl and dry sense of humour kept us amused the entire time. I got my picture with him.


Also, we took some pictures of the caverns. They're pretty. Some dude found them in 1927, bought the land over top of them, and started charging people 25 cents for a tour in which he took them into the caverns by lowering them by rope in a bucket with a gas lantern and some matches. Pete the tour guide turned off the electric lights at one point and lit a match instead. It was kind of scary.

Oh yeah, the pictures:



Mark says the Grand Canyon Caverns were more fun than, but not as spectacular as, the Grand Canyon itself.

After that we moseyed on down to the tourist town of Lake Havasu City, which sit on the Colorado River and is a stone's throw away from California.

Why did we come here? Well, let me tell you...

In 1968, the London Bridge in London, England was decaying and no longer able to support the great amount of traffic that crossed over the River Thames every day. Well, London replaced it with a new London Bridge... and Lake Havasu City BOUGHT THE OLD ONE, SHIPPED IT TO THEIR TOWN, AND RE-BUILT IT, BRICK BY BRICK OVER A CANAL. Only in America, folks.

We're gonna go look at the authentic London Bridge, located in downtown Lake Havasu City, Arizona, tomorrow.

I'll let you know how that goes, and I'll leave you for now with a picture of the sun setting over Lake Havasu, which I accidentally called "Lake Sususu" the other day.