As a child, you possibly learned and sang this nursery rhyme and as a parent you probably taught it to your child. London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down...but it isn't, as it's "alive and well" in Lake Havasu City.
Robert McCullough of the McCullough Oil Corporation purchased the London Bridge in 1968 when the British government put the structure up for sale. It seems the bridge was no longer strong enough to carry the amount of traffic crossing the Thames daily, so Mr. McCullough had the bridge dismantled and shipped to the U.S. to be rebuilt in the then-small town of Lake Havasu City. The bridge connects to an island where the buildings replicate an old English village.
What's truly fun is to walk across this historical structure and realize that it is a part of your childhood that you never thought you'd actually experience. I'm crossing the London Bridge-the real London Bridge! Is it any wonder Denny and I haven't tired of traveling and exploring this strange and wonderful country we live in?
1 comment:
I haven't been there for over twenty years!! What a wonderful time to be wandering around in the desert. The weather is just fab right now. Be safe! Kim
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