Saguaros
It was a warm and beautiful day today, just like the desert is supposed to be.
Because of the lifestyle I live, the weather is important to me, and I keep up not only with the local Arizona weather but also the national weather to see what's going to happen in the future. And a while back, I noticed that when they're showing cold fronts and other weather conditions coming in over California heading East, there's usually a part of the weather problems that seem to miss the southwest corner of Arizona, and if you look at it on a map you will see that the southwest corner of Arizona is basically the Sonoran desert which is where the Saguaro [Sa-war-ro] cactus grows.
I had never paid attention to it before, even though I've spent a lot of time in the Sonoran desert, but for some reason, the storms and cold fronts generally bypass the southwest corner of Arizona, which is why it's a desert. The Sonoran Desert stays warm enough to keep the Saguaro cactus alive instead of freezing and dying. And that's why when it gets cold in other places, I head for where the Saguaros live, knowing that it will be the warmest place I can find while remaining in the United States.
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London Bridge, Lake Havasu.
It wouldn’t be a tourist trap without at least one place that sells T-shirts.
This is actually the London Bridge Mall. You can drive to it, walk to it, arrive in your boat, or if you’re feeling adventuresome, swim to it.
Tour boat.
Lake Havasu sunrise.