the RADFORDS: "just like lake Havasu, just like lake Havasu..."

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

"just like lake Havasu, just like lake Havasu..."

.... this was the chant Stori would say several times a day while on vacation, and now I find myself still saying it. Like this morning when I woke up and it was snowing here in Idaho and it was 70* in Havasu. "why isn't spring 'just like Lake Havasu?'"
I still love you Idaho, but here is the post that made Arizona temporarily have my heart.

We spent 7 wonderful days in Lake Havasu City Arizona. We were definitely surprised at how much we loved it there! (And actually how beautiful it was).
{It also helped that I got to spend all day every day with family}

We were able to run the hills of Havasu in just shorts and t-shirts everyday (And ZERO snow clothes on the kids--talk about wonderful)!

We visited the lake a few times, and it still wasn't enough. It is beautiful and perfect! There are kids play areas all along the Lake and Stori just loved playing for hours there with her cousins.
The original London Bridge is there so we went and walked around that a couple times. It is truly amazing!

Havasu is a super touristy place during Spring Break, but we got there the week that Spring Break ended so we were able to go to the lake without having to shield our eyes, thankfully.
We took a Ferry Ride across the lake to California. It was so fun to be out on the water to get a better view of the city.

About an hour away from Havasu is a little mining town called Oatman. It is kind of like West Yellowstone with little souvenir shops. There are wild Burros just walking around waiting for people to feed them! One white one took a liking to me... the feelings weren't mutual however. It was a fun little adventure there, even with tired, sweaty kids.

A few other highlights;
FOOD
-it was NOT in our cards to have Chinese food... tried several different restaurants and several different days. no luck.
-In-N-Out 3 times (2 times too many probably)
-Chipotle!
-Yummy breakfast made by Taylor, and several other homemade meals! Stori had 3 adult-size servings of spaghetti one night.
SHOPPING
-one particular shopping trip I bought; 2 kids jackets, 2 Stori button up shirts, and 1 Sylvie deer sweater ALL for $5. Total saving of $175!
-grocery shopping to buy several forms of desserts
-Learned that Kmart is an extremely underrated store.
SWIMMING
-Swimming at the Lake---awesome!
-Swimming in a pool that is 90*---amazing! my Aunt's sister has a winter home in Havasu and we were lucky enough to be invited to swim in her pool. Sylvie and Stori LOVED it! Everyone did actually.

The lows:
SLEEPING: Dan and I shared a twin bed! haha we are both pretty good size people so it was super cozy! One night Dan slept on the trampoline with the nephews and one night he slept on the couch while Stori slept with me! ALSO, Sylvie decided to not sleep through the night on the trip! extremely fun I tell ya! :)
But that was the only Low for the trip! Not bad at all.

Ty and Jen have such a fun house and they were the perfect hosts! I just love their little kids! Stori and Levi had a love/hate relationship that turned into more love than hate the last day we were there! The entire vacation was perfect! It is definitely a place we will visit again!