Desert Views, Plus Colorado River
April is the perfect time to visit the Colorado River. Summertime temps can be amazingly high, and the desert can be harsh in winter. But in springtime, wildflowers are in bloom and the weather is consistently fine.
The Desert View RV Resort near Lake Havasu, in a quiet area near historic Route 66, gets high ratings from visitors as a good place to make base camp. It's a good place to come for boating on the Colorado River, jet skiing on Lake Mohave's crystal waters, hiking past desert wildflowers, or touring Lake Mead's incredible Hoover Dam. Head to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, for a day of boat tours, shopping in the quaint English Village, or fishing for rainbow trout, catfish, largemouth bass, stripers, and crappie. You can watch for wildlife and wildflowers-or go rock climbing-at the nearby Mojave National Preserve, home of the 600-foot-tall Kelso Dunes. Go hiking and biking there, then pay a visit to Topock Gorge, where you'll find remarkable rock formations and ancient Indian hieroglyphics.
Nearby Laughlin, Nevada, has nightlife, clubs, restaurants, and live entertainment, plus fantastic shopping and watersports on the Colorado River. Rock hounds won't want to miss a stop in Quartzsite, Arizona, where they'll find stones, fossils, and minerals for sale from roadside stands and shops. Visitors can go bird watching in local canyons and open spaces, spend a day golfing on nearby courses, or bring their own watercraft and visit Lake Havasu, home of the original London Bridge. In late April you can take in the Laughlin Riverrun motorcycle extravaganza. In the area you'll also find the Mystic Maze archeological site, a ghost town, a mining tour, shopping in Bullhead, and the Havasu National Wildlife Refuge.
The Desert View offers full hookups and onsite amenities such as Wi-Fi, phone, swimming, laundry, and a club meeting room. Pull-through sites are available, as are storage spaces for RVs and boats.
Desert View RV Resort
5300 Rte. 66
Needles, CA 92363
(760) 326-4000
www.desertviewrv.com