Sunday, August 21, 2011

Arizona Lighthouses

Arizona lighthouses? That doesn't sound quite right, does it? Well, I didn't drink too much joy juice last night. Take a look for yourself---

Arizona Lighthouse #1

Just in case you didn't believe your eyes, take another look---

Arizona Lighthouse #2

Where are these lighthouses to be found? On the shores of Lake Havasu, a prime vacation spot here in the desert (particularly for college students on spring break). I have a feeling that spring break is one of the reasons why these lighthouses were built, after reading the plaque on the Vermillion Lighthouse---


Plaque on Vermillion Lighthouse

If Lake Havasu sounds familiar, perhaps it's because Lake Havasu City is the home of something else---


London Bridge, Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Inspiration for posts can come from anywhere.  One of my faithful readers and blogging buddies commented on my recent review of a lighthouse book that, here I was from central Illinois, living in Phoenix, Arizona... and I love lighthouses. This is all true, and for some strange reason her comment made me think of the Lake Havasu lighthouses!



9 comments:

  1. I have seen the original in Vermillion -- my family sails on Lake Erie, so I've seen quite a few of the lighthouses.

    I've never been to Lake Havasu, but I have hiked to and camped at the travertine falls in Havasu Canyon. That was in the early 70s -- it was pretty remote them. Now I see that there are guided tours and even horse rides to the falls. It took us two days to walk in back then and we never saw another person.

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  2. This made me laugh not because of the lighthouse, although I didn't know there was one at Lake Havasu, but because last week my husband was astonished to find out there was a lake in Arizona. I told him there are rivers there too! (He's only been to AZ once, me many times.)

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  3. I must admit that you surprised me there. The first one is absolutely gorgeous. (One with a good story in, I am sure, if only someone had time to write it).

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  4. I love looking at lighthouses. They are each unique in their own special way. I agree you don't expect to see lighthouses in Arizona.

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  5. Beth-- You saw it the best way then!

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  6. Leslie-- You should tell your husband that-- at one time-- Arizona residents owned more boats per capita than anywhere else in the US. That ought to stun him into insensibility! LOL

    Dorte-- I like the first one, too. You would've laughed if you'd been with us the first time I saw one of those lighthouses!

    Ann-- I was rather stunned when I first saw them!

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  7. We stopped at Lake Havasu to see London Bridge but I never realized there were lighthouses on the lake - which is surprisingly big. It's a lovely place. Glad I gave you an idea. :)

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  8. How Fun! Thanks for expanding our horizons!

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  9. Barbara-- Didn't you know that you're an inspiration?? :)

    Tina-- I aim to please! :o)

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