~Arizona~

I got to tag along with my parents and my cousin Daniel to go to Arizona to see my Grandparents. We had such a great time. It was so fun hanging out with the family. Danny is so funny and he made the trip so fun. We went to St.George first and stayed the night and the next day we went to Hoover Dam which is pretty impressive.  We then made our way to Lake Havesu and to the city of London where we saw the London Bridge.

"In 1967, the Common Council of the City of London placed the bridge on the market and began to look for potential buyers. On 18 April 1968, Rennie's bridge was sold to the American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch ofMcCulloch Oil for $2,460,000. When casting his bid for the bridge, McCulloch doubled the estimated cost of dismantling the structure, which was $1.2 million, bringing the price to $2.4 million. He then added on $60,000, a thousand dollars for each year of his age at the time he estimated the bridge would be raised in Arizona. His gesture earned him the winning bid.

As the bridge was taken apart, each piece was numbered to aid re-assembly. The bridge was reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, and re-dedicated on 10 October 1971. The reconstruction of Rennie's London Bridge spans the Bridgewater Channel canal that leads from Lake Havasu to Thomson Bay. Rennie's London Bridge has become Arizona's second-biggest tourist attraction, after the Grand Canyon." History of London Bridge

That was really interesting and fun. We ate at a fish n' chips place on the boardwalk and that was really yummy. After we got to Quartzsite and found my Grandparents placed we bunked up with them. We were there for a few days but we had a great time. We went to church and enjoyed the Sabbath. Monday we went to the Rock show and saw lots of rocks. We then went to the desert and hiked up a trail to seem a bunch of palm trees that grow in a crevice in the mountain. They are a few thousand years old and really interesting that they grow there because the Sonoran desert only gets about 6 inches of rain a year and temperatures can get up to 120 degrees.

We stopped in St. George again and had fun with my other Grandparents. It was a great trip and it was so nice to be in the sunshine!