Day Eleven: Lake Havasu

4th of July Cake...Happy Birthday America!

Happy 4th of July! :D

After Kaitlin made pancakes for breakie (best.breakfast.ever) we headed off on our way, stopping off at a Walmart for our final food shop.  I treated myself to pasta salad for lunch today (wooo :p) and we all bought a July 4th cake too, yummy!  On the negative us doing our final shop means not many days left...only three to be exact :(

4th of July dress ups

We arrived at our Lake Havasu camp ground in the afternoon and struggled to put our tents up in the heat (50 degrees CELSIUS type hot!) - a bit of a shock to the system!  When they were up (or standing enough that we didn't card anymore :p) we bagged up some drinks, jumped straight into the lake and swam them out.  We stayed there for hours (actually) until it was tolerable enough to get out of the water.

After a BBQ dinner (in true 4th of July style!) we eventually made our way to London bridge (yes, the actual one...weird i know!  Part of it was bought over here piece by piece) to watch the fireworks.  Lake Havasu at 4th of July is like Florida during Spring break so it was crazy to see all the people, boats and bars with pools inside!  The fireworks were amazing, each one bigger and better than the one before it, and we had our own sparklers which were fun too :D  Given the heat didn't seem to let up I bought a snow cone from a local shop - the best thing on a day like this!

Trekkies with their sparklers

We headed home a couple of hours later (getting a wee lost and taking a slight detour...blame the boys!) and then attempted sleep...when even having a cold water shower isn't an option because the pipes are so heated from the temperatures its not easy to sleep, but it's all part of the experience I guess!  Besides, its July 4th, nobodies in a bad mood on July 4th :)