Showing posts with label April 25. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April 25. Show all posts

4.26.2009

DESERT STORM BOAT RACES








This is how we spent a few hours on Saturday...it was a beautiful, but windy day at the lake. It was fun watching the FAST/EXPENSIVE boats flying over the waves 'with the greatest of ease'. This is a big event for Lake Havasu and has brought lots of revenue to our city. Not that we had to pay to watch, that part of it was free, but we saw boats from all over...Montana, Oregon, Utah, Michigan, Canada, California...and on and on. These people "with lots of money" had to stay in our hotels, eat in our restaurants and shop in our stores bringing money to our fair city. These boats are easily in the hundreds of thousands of dollars-range! Tom and I watched them parade down the channel on Friday morning, so we got to see them up close. Very pretty but glad we could look and leave them to someone else to care for and to have all the expense and up-keep!


DESERT STORM BOAT RACES











DESERT STORM BOAT RACES












Lots of helicopter rattled above us and the boats, taking pictures, etc. There was even a "rescue swimmer" aboard the helicopter just in case there was an emergency on the water with these race boats! Daniel was "skipping rocks" while we waited for the boats to race. We watched one boat go 150 mph. The tents along the beach are vendors selling food and 'wares'.