Before leaving Lake Havasu City we did take the opportunity to check out the London Bridge.
Built in the 1830's it formerly spanned the River Thames in London, England. In 1967 the Common Council of the City of London began looking for potential buyers for the London Bridge. Robert P. McCulloch, Lake Havasu City founder and entrepreneur, placed the winning bid of $2,460,000 on April 18, 1968. The bridge was meticulously disassembled, numbering each block, and shipped through the Panama Canal to California then trucked to Arizona. Reassembled and rededicated on October 10, 1971. It is known as the world's largest antique and has put Lake Havasu City permanently on the map as it continues to draw tens of thousands of sightseers to the city yearly.
(Information from the internet.)
The RV Park we were at was tight and views of the sunset obstructed. This one was across the church parking lot after Saturday Evening Mass.
Dinner and tasting some of the local beer.
Lake Havasu is definitely a tourist area with RV Parks filled to the brim. We did check out a couple of other parks while we were there, just in case we decide to stay there again down the road. There is also, a free dry camping area we checked out we might consider but then again there would have to be a place to park we found it pretty full also. It is a pretty area and we love visiting for a day or two, especially joining fellow "Yoopers" at the picnic in March. It just would not be a long-term destination for us at this time. We have learned to never say never so who knows what the future will bring.
How many of us remember this rhyme growing up?
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady
Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady
Build it up with god and silver
Gold and silver, gold and silver
Build it up with gold and silver
My fair lady
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y
"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the late Middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in English are from the seventeenth century. The lyrics were first printed in close to their modern form in the mid-eighteenth century and became popular, particularly in Britain and the United States in the nineteenth century.
The modern melody was first recorded in the late nineteenth century and the game resembles arch games of the Middle Ages, but seems to have taken its modern form in the late nineteenth century.
Several theories have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme and the identity of the "fair lady" of the refrain. The rhyme is one of the best known in the world and has been referenced in a variety of works of literature and popular culture.
(from Wikipedia)
