Hampton Inn Lake Havasu City, Az

Paul

We made it out of Vegas. A good thing since the money extraction process was getting terminal. Felt great to get on the road again. Our travels took us to Lake Havasu, which we plan to jet-ski on tomorrow.

The people here seem really friendly and interested to know why we are here and where we have stopped off on the way. I don't think many of the locals ...

Enroute to Grand Canyon, we made a quick pit-stop at Lake Havasu City, to break the journey and to visit the original London Bridge. The City of London sold the bridge to the founder of Lake Havasu and it was dismantled in the UK and reassembled in the USA brick by brick. The bridge looks just like the one in London, just more pristine.

Urban legend has it that the silly American actually intended to purchase Tower Bridge, but thought that it was called London Bridge.

... most. Přehrada i hráz je nádherná – voda je sytě modrá (i když ne jak Mono Lake, taky tahle voda se mění na pitnou a zásobuje např. Vegas nebo LA) a na okolních skalách je vidět, jak je hlavina nízko. Světlá hráz tvoří krásnej kontrast. Procházíme po obou stranách, který znamenají dva státy – Nevadu a Arizonu, kocháme se pohledy do hluboké propasti pod náma a fotíme ...

... the cast for stepping up and performing their hearts out tonight. We were performing extra hard for Rafa, our video and technical manager. He's from Brazil and tonight was his last show ever with UWP. We will miss him dearly and miss him all the luck in the world on his future endeavors.

I'm going to forewarn all of you that the next part of this entry is lengthy. On Tuesday this week, some members of our cast gave a presentation on human rights. It had a profound impact on me and ...

... Concordia (in 2007, I believe) and was so appreciative that she came to the show.

Some of you have been asking how you may reach in when I'm promoting the show in Veracruz. The following is my address for the next three weeks in Veracruz, Mexico:

Torre Financiera
(Viva la Gente: Attencion: Megan Luebke)
4to piso Blvd. A. Ruiz Cortines 3495. Col. Ylang Ylang
CP.
9420 Boca del Rio, Veracruz ...

... is a very dynamic speaker and has traveled all over sharing his wisdom and understand of leadership. His latest book, "Greater Than Yourself" discusses the concept of striving to make others greater than yourself.

When you have time, go to www.stevefarber.com and learn more about him. You'll be glad you did :)

After lunch, the cast was given 90 minutes to prepare our booths for the culture fair! I was in charge of face painting.

And making ...

... s hot. So hot! When we arrived it was 106 degrees with no humidity! Wonderful, dry heat! While I greatly appreciate any and all air conditioned rooms, I am loving to be out in the cloudless sky, soaking in the sun!

My roommate, Tinna (she plays electric guitar with the band) and I are staying with Herb and Donna Ristow. Donna used to be a vice president for Honeywell and is now a financial advisor for Edward Jones ...

... and the mainland. Driving to the different lighthouses seemed like a good way to kill the afternoon. Most of the lighthouses actually serve as navigational aides, so they have functioning lights and are located at points where the land juts out into the lake. There usually are no roads which lead directly to the lighthouses, so we will be going a little off-roading. Our first stop was at the replica of Split Rock ...

... rugbrřd :-)   Derefter gik turen til Los Angeles, hvor vi boede i Long Beach (i den sydlige del af LA). I lřbet af vores 2˝ dage i LA, nĺede vi at tilbringe en dag i Universal Studios. Her tog vi en rundtur i deres Back Lot, som er det sted, hvor film indspilles og lydstudierne ligger. Vi křrte bl.a. en tur ned af gaden fra Desperate Housewifes :-) Vi fik desuden prřvet en del rides - nogle mere end andre; Kyhn tog The Mummy Ride ...

... to Larry in the morning we go off towards Phoenix. We get into Phoenix around noon, Just in time for the mid-day six lane traffic bonanza. We manage to weave our way through the maze towards Karl's. We make a quick stop at a grocery for some lunch supplies and at the entrance we spot a VW Phaeton, first one any of us has seen anywhere ! We give it the necessary inspection and go about our business. When we exit the store parked across from the Phaeton is a '60 era beetle. Wow what ...