Lake Havasu City, AZ

We’re back to one of our favorite places in Arizona, along the Colorado River near Lake Havasu.  We’re parked at River Island State Park, about 2 miles south of Parker Dam.  This section of the river is impounded by the Headgate Rock Dam, just north of Parker which creates Moovalya Lake. It’s not as deep as Lake Havasu, but there’s plenty of bass boats and jets skis that put in right at the campground boat ramp.

River Island State Park, Parker, AZ

River Island State Park, Parker, AZ

River Island State Park, Site #20

We’re parked in site #20, a long pull-through with water and electric.  None of the sites have dump ports, but there’s a convenient and free station in the park. There are a total of 29 sites, 1-4 back up to a tall rock wall, #4 would be furthest from traffic noise on highway 95.  Sites 24-29 are also back-in sites that back up to the boat ramp and parking, but most of the host sites are along this row.  We visited this park last year, but this was our first time staying here.  All of the Arizona park along this stretch of the river offer beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and river, but we think River Island suffers from a bit more road noise than Cattail Cove where we stayed last year.

River Island State Park, Site #4

One of the “excursions” with the Montana Owners group from Quartzsite that we missed was a trip to the Blue Water Grill at the Blue Water Casino in Parker, AZ.  On Thursday we decided to check it out – the casino is nice, but the dining wasn’t optimal.  We also visited the Black Pearl Restaurant at Pirates Den which we think is much better – waterside outdoor dining, great service and tasty food and drinks!

Pirates Den, Parker, AZ

From River Island we moved to one of our favorite parks, The Islander in Lake Havasu city.  This is one of 3 RV parks on the island, after you pass over London Bridge, and we think the best of the 3.  All sites are full-hookup,  graveled with a concrete patio.  All “transient” sites are pull-through along a central row in the park while most others are back-in.  All outer rows are park models, but this separation insures you are never parked between park models which we dislike in other parks.

Islander Resort, Lake Havasu

Islander Resort, Premium Coach Sites

Havasu continues to impress us with excellent restaurant choices – again this year we enjoyed great times at the Boathouse Grill with it’s convenient location right outside the RV park.  We also returned to College Street Brewery, the off-grid Bunker Bar and La Vita Dolce Italian Bistro.  And, of course ordered pizza from Rosati’s Pizza – the best pizza on the island!

The Bunker Bar, Lake Havasu City, AZ

From Lake Havasu we’re bound for the eastern side of Phoenix in Apache Junction.  More from AJ…