Cool mornings, hot afternoons, warm breezes, white sand beach, swimming for the brave. Nope, not Hawaii but Cattail Cove State Park nestled on the shore of Lake Havasu and a fitting location to begin our journey towards home.
There are also some good hiking trails and walking paths to temp the energetic. We’re here for a few days after which we’ll move 14 minutes down the road to another state park. We’re having fun sharing some of our favourite RV haunts with Sue and John. Each one is different (the state parks that is :-) with its own set of unique features, topography and set up.
Fun story about here. Two days ago, in the heat of the day, Kathy and I decided to go for a swim. We donned our bathing suits, grabbed our towels and headed down to the beach. We had been in the water here before and it had been quite warm. Once there we spotted two young women standing in the water- all the way up to their knees. “It’s cold” one of them called over, “really cold”. Not to be deterred we waded in and, yes, it was definitely cold but we waded in up to our waist and then paused. Being experienced Gulf Island swimmers we knew the trick. If you were crazy enough to actually want to swim in cold water, you need to wait long enough for at least half of your body to go numb. While we waited we politely goaded the young women a bit about diving in and getting it over with. We had some fun kibitzing back and forth. Finally I called over “how old are you guys anyway?”. One replied that she was 36 and her friend was 27. I smiled, calmly pointed to myself and said “70”…. at which point, to everyone’s surprise, Kathy and I both dove into the VERY cold water and popped back up without hyperventilating. Well, you can imagine what happened then. Both of the two younger women dove in (with a little screeching) and even another couple joined the daring frolicking. We six congratulated ourselves and declared ourselves very brave, etc., etc.
Six folks having fun… a moment in time, no names needed…just some humour, a dare, and some success. A story to share.
Hope all is well with each of you and you’re looking forward to spring. The cactus flowers are starting their blooms down here and are quite beautiful. We look forward to our flowers at home that must be showing their tips by now. Bye bye for now… CJ
