Fire and Ice

The fireworks actually started on Thursday evening with a few here and there. Friday we got in our jeeps and ventured down a rocky road and up the side of a hill to get a higher position to view the fireworks display. It was different than watching a fireworks show because the displays were by vendor. In other words we had 15 minutes of fireworks, 30 minutes of silence and then 20 minutes of displays, another 30 minutes of silence and then more displays. The delays were the time needed for the next vendor to set his products in place. It took some getting use to this format. Saturday night however was spectacular.... big..... beautiful. We saw types we had never seen before. Pictures were impossible to get with my little camera. We heard that there were representatives from all the major stadiums in town as well as buyers from some major cities, here and abroad, to view and buy. We were 2 miles away from the staging area. Here in the desert, it's still easy to see. I would highly recommend a stop to see this spectacular. You can find out the dates by visiting the Lake Havasu City website. I will definitely return.
Before leaving this area we took a trip to the infamous "Desert Bar". The desert in this area is riddled with old gold, silver and copper mines. Someone took an abandoned mining site in the middle of nowhere and turned it into a bar. We drove along dirt roads with beautiful scenery before arriving at the bar. Since it is in the desert, there is no electricity. It is solar powered. There were hundreds of people there, drinking, eating, dancing and having a good time. Here are the pictures to prove it.

It's only open on Saturday and Sunday. I wondered how many people never made it to work on Monday because they were still wandering around the desert. Did you check out the solar panels on the roofs?

We headed back to Quartzsite on Sunday. John and I will be hanging out there to have some minor things fixed on the Rose... horn and brake light. Millie and Ray will be heading to Corpus Christi Texas for a job after a brief visit with friends in Lake Medina, outside San Antonio.