Cattail Cove State Park (Thursday, October 8th, 2015)

Today we took a break from the jet ski world championships, to spend some time just hanging out.  We loaded some coolers, chairs and towels into the truck, and headed down to Cattail Cove State Park. It is accessible from highway 95 about 15 miles south of Lake Havasu City, or from the lake, which is how we have always gone to this area in the past.

They have nice camping spots ($28 per night) with lots of big trees for shade, and a day use area as well for picnicking and swimming that are free if you have an Arizona State Parks Pass. 

The day use area, with a swim beach and picnic tables

A great boat ramp, and not busy at all

The camp ground with big shade trees (a must in Arizona)

 We packed ourselves a great little lunch, which we enjoyed at one of the picnic tables.

Our little picnic with Lake Havasu and California behind me

After lunch we decided to check out the hiking trails, and see where they went. 

The first thing we saw on our hike was a Road Runner, they are really shy birds and tough to get pictures of

And then of course, he immediately ran and hid

The rest of our hike was great, and lead us up a steep trail, to a point overlooking the lake.

Looking back toward Cattail Cove as we climbed

A beautiful boat going by probably in excess of 100 mph.

Check out the hiking attire, swimsuits and flip flops were all we had...it was hot out!

Looking north toward Lake Havasu City.  You can see our trail and the park off to the right

Our view from the top, looking north

View from the top looking south, if you look closely you can see the southern California Aquaduct coming from the lake (See Parker Dam post from September 19th, 2015), which supplies water to all of southern California

It was a really nice relaxing day at the park.  We enjoyed talking to the other visitors and hanging out in the really warm water for several hours after our hike.  It was so refreshing, considering that the temps are still in the low 100's!