South on 95

10/25 Sunday We left Campbell Cove and headed south towards Yuma. First we made a stop at the Lake Havasu City visitors center to grab a post card and a window sticker. The VC was a purpose built place by the bridge to be a tourist attraction, a museum about the London Bridge and Mr Robert McCulloch. One thing about traveling and doing this blog is that I learn more about the history of people, places and things. McCulloch was know for producing chainsaws and other power equipment. My dad owned a McCulloch chainsaw. MuCulloch also designed the centrifugal supercharger (now know as Paxton Superchargers) and pioneered many light lawn and power equipment.  He owned an oil company, an airline that flew free flights to Lake Havasu City to bring buyers into the area for his new city and tried to bring light aircraft to the masses. Today McCulloch is part of Husqvarna, USA.

Pictures of pictures in the museum.

 First the bridge was built over dry land out and then the canal was dug.

Just above you can see the planned visitors center.

A more recent photo but it has changed since. The visitors center is on the right hand side above the bridge. 

95 runs along the Colorado River for a while through beautiful landscape covered in ATV trails. Lots of people were out recreating in their Jeeps, ATVs, side-by-sides and boats. Seemed like everyone had a boat or an ATV. My kind of place.

 After Parker, the road starts to straighten out and then turns south and runs to Quartzsite on I-10. We had Sunday lunch in a little dinner. The food wasn't that good but the pie ala mode was. 

The countryside went from rocky and hilly to sandy and flat. Occasionally a saguaro popped up. I missed seeing those guys.

We settled for the evening at Lake Martinez Recreational Area Campground. It belongs to the Marine Corps and is military only part of the Yuma Proving Grounds. It was seventeen a night for water and electric. It was secluded and beautiful. We were treated to a beautiful sunset over the blue waters.