London Bridge, Etc., Lake Havasu City, AZ

Believe it or not, London Bridge is right here in Lake Havasu City, Arizona!

It is an interesting story of how this came to be: In 1962, the bridge built in 1831 over the River Thames in London was determined not to be sufficiently strong to support the growing load of modern traffic. And so the City of London put the bridge up for sale and it was bought by Robert P. McCulloch, the man who founded Lake Havasu City in 1964. To transport the bridge to Arizona, it had to be dismantled block by block, each one meticulously numbered. McCulloch had the exterior granite blocks transported to America and reassembled around a reinforced concrete structure to rebuild the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City.

We drove into town from the campground, and spent some time in the Lake Havasu Visitors Center and browsing around the London Bridge. It's a neat area, with some shops and a couple casual restaurants - including Bridge Burger, where we had lunch.

Our next stop was Home Depot for some wood; we had an associate cut down a 16-ft piece of 12x2 into several 30" and 12" pieces. We should now have enough wood to tackle just about any unlevel campsite!  I also bought a hand-type grease gun and grease to service the leveler system.

After Home Depot, we made a stop at the local Walmart for some supplies and then headed back to the campground, where I greased the leveler jacks. I won't know until we retract the jacks whether this will resolve the issues - will have to wait until we pack up to leave.