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Memorial Day Weekend at Lake Havasu

Lake Havasu, Arizona has been a favorite place to go for my husband and I since we were teenagers. You can  go boating, water skiing, and fishing. We use to water skis, but now the body just  handle  water skiing any more, so boating is what we do now.

Today our kids and grand-kids join us boating, wake boarding and tubing( my granddaughters favorite) where they sit on an inflatable tube tied to the back of the boat. In rough water you bounce around and have fun.

This Memorial Day our daughter and her family came out join us at the lake. This weekend we experienced very unusual weather. Normally the weather this time of year is in the high 90’s and low 100’s. Alan and I arrived Thursday evening and the temperature was in the low 70’s. We thought we would get a jump on the crowd. We launch our boat on the lake , find a cove on Friday and spend the three days  going in and out of a cove.

We woke up Friday with the wind blowing 20-25 mph! the lake was so rough their were white caps. We decided not to go on the lake. We changed our plans and decided we would not get a cove, we would hang out in the boat during the day.The weather forecast was for a cooling trend.

Friday night our daughter and her family arrived. We woke up on Saturday to 68 degrees! That’s winter temps for Lake Havasu. The high was  80 degrees with 10 mph wind. We did not bring sweatshirts so we decided not to go on the lake that day. So we changed our plans. My granddaughters and I went to the Aquatic Center. An indoor water park,  we swam in pool and  had fun being together anyway.

Sunday we woke up it was in the 70’s and no wind. We packed a lunch and launched our boat on the lake. We had so much fun riding in the boat and  getting into the water. The water was a bit cool, but we got in anyway.

We were thankful we could spend time together this Memorial weekend. I hope you had as much fun as I did!