We drove up from Phoenix to have a
look at Lake Havasu City's claim to fame, the London Bridge
...more
Nice walk along the lake edge with restaurants and
shops
More shops
The 45 mile long lake/reservoir is formed by
Parker Dam
on the Colorado River
Getting silly at the hat store
This what a desert lake looks like
There is a lot of controversy and fear about storing water in the desert
...more
Rock formation near
Needles California
Balloon festival didn't start until 4pm so we drove up to Laughlin
Nevada for lunch
This Laughlin Casino had an interesting theme
The inside looked dated, gaudy and worn.
We drove up the street to the
Aquarius for their
buffet
Colorado River was slow and lazy through this
stretch
That's Arizona in the background
Back at the
Balloon Festival
The weather turned a bit cloudy. Their only cloudy day in January!
Walked around and looked at the vendors
This UTV was $37,000
...more
Country Western band view the
sound man
Waiting for the big balloon flyover
Still waiting for the balloons
Here's a vendor with sports team merchandise. They
even had stained glass windows with your favorite team, $70
Another vendor
It all looked like expensive yunk
Ultra light flyover
Then we heard the Balloons were cancelled due to wind
Night Show
Returned after dinner to see the night show
Note the champagne bottle balloon
Last photo before sunset
It was quite dramatic
It was only a night "glow" show
Balloons are VFR only
This one was tied to their pickup truck
Note the taught rope
Any hard surface works for a blur-free
night shot
Balloon ride we took with Dave's Dad for his 94th birthday
Copyright © 2019 David Ingebright. All rights reserved.