Moving Around, Mesa to Havasu (July 22nd, 2015)

We got up this morning and started packing up and cleaning up. We are heading to Lake Havasu City today. Lake Havasu City is about 3 hours, 45 minutes north west of the Phoenix area. The drive isn't much to write home about, but as you get into the town of Parker, the lower section of Lake Havasu appears, and the drive becomes much more interesting. I don't know about you, but water always looks pretty and inviting to me. Once you see the lake in Parker, Arizona, it is about another 30 minutes into Lake Havasu City.

When we got into town, we stopped at In-N-Out Burger for lunch. It is definitely a favorite of ours. Since our daughter can't eat the buns because of the gluten, she ordered hers "animal style" which means that the burger contents are wrapped in lettuce instead of served on a bun. It was a fabulous lunch. We haven't had In-N-Out burger in a long time so again we really enjoyed it! 

We took a little time to get unpacked and settled in, and realized that one of the faucets in the house was broken, so we ran to the hardware store to get the necessary part. Lowes didn't have it, nor did Ace Hardware, but they recommended Shoreline Plumbing, and sure enough, they had the part we needed, and didn't even charge us for it. So we gave Lisa $5 and told her to enjoy a coffee or something. The part would have probably only cost us 50 cents, but the fact that she had the part, and took the time to find it for us was worth every penny.

Once we got the faucet fixed, we went to visit some friends of ours that recently moved back to Lake Havasu City. Alan and Linda bought a beautiful house with great garages. Since Lake Havasu City is a tourist town, supported mostly by the Lake, the houses are built with huge garages that can hold lots of toys, including RV's. Alan and Linda's new house has a two car garage, plus an RV garage that is about 18' by 65' with two air conditioners to keep it cool in the summer. It is a beautiful house, and we are so happy for them.

We came home and made chicken parmesan, roasted potatoes and butternut squash for dinner. If you use chex cereal for the coating on the chicken, it is gluten free and still has the crunch that you would expect with chicken parmesan. After dinner we watched the wedding crashers and then turned in for the evening.