This summer we've spent a week at a weird resort place called Lake Hawasu City in Arizona close to the border with California. Imagine humid 110F outside, palm trees, pinkish desert and in the midst of all that a real London Bridge over lake surrounded by pseudo English village complete with pubs, red bus and red phone booths. Now add to the mad roaster Italian gondola boats loaded with drunken new Russians singing something resembling circus songs and you'll get the picture.

We made car trips to Lake Mead, Kingman, some ... (more)