American Diary # 18 Lake Havasu

June 14th Left camp at 7.30am and leaving stuff on the van a group of us took a trail down into the canyon to experience it's depths. In this heat, people die (really) so we had only 3 hours to use. Not enough to get anywhere near the bottom, so we settled for the Kaibab Trail to 'Oo ah' point. This took 40 mins going down to a steep precipice above the canyon - truly incredible - and then an hour coming back up on steep and dusty ground. Well worth the effort. You need more time to fully appreciate the canyon, so I think I'll be back. Driving through Arizona we touched on the Mojave Desert and arrived at Lake HAvasu City. This is the location for the LONDON BRIDGE which was sinking and shipped to the USA and rebuilt. It stands across the Colorada and hase the Union Flag and stars and stripes on both sides. It's a great setting and with temperatures over 100 degrees I wanted to jump into the water. We just stopped for photos then continued on to our campsite on the river side at dusk, perfect for a swim in the cool waters. The group was becoming more familiar and we actually had a good laugh and a swim before bed time around 11pm. So hot we could hardly sleep.