Beach Party
Lake Havasu never looked as good as it did this weekend, when Essex Boats filled the waterways with a variety of stunning graphics and styles. The morning started off with Thompson Bay filled with Essex Boats hovering throughout, all gathering for the Essex Performance Boats boat parade through the London Bridge. This was quite a sight, and a great feeling being a part of such a tremendous crowd.
As the Essex 29" Alandra lead boat cut through the crowd all other Essex Boats began to fall in line. Heading through the London Bridge, around the island and back to Rotary Beach. It was such a large parade that some of us were waiting on the beach for an hour before we fell in line. There were over 250 Essex Boats in the parade. The beach was filled with inflatable water toys, boats side by side and music cranked throughout the beach. It was a festive atmosphere. 
Flying overhead was a helicopter snapping shots of the event (most of which are available on this site) and soon to be published in Hot Boat magazine. During the helicopter shoot, the poker run began and some boaters that were participating got a chance to get a running shot of their Essex in flight. Meanwhile back at the beach, a weenie roast was taking place and man those were good hot dogs.
 Men, women and children alike were cooling off on the water slides as well as other activities like a canoe race. But this was not a normal race. In this particular race one person navigates and the other paddles, what makes it difficult is that the person who paddles the boat is blindfolded. This is even harder than it looks. All and all the beach party was for everyone, from the active to the laid back. It was a great day!
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