
Walt Johnson wanted to build something other than buildings for clients.
My uncle, Ken Glandon lived in
We made a
number of ski trips to
It was
several years after the first trip to Havasu Palms, before we embarked on
our new adventure. We moved from
Our new home
in Havasu Palms was much different from our large customhouse in
In those
days, there were no phone lines, and of course, cell phones were not yet a
reality. My father did get a mobile phone, initially installed in his
truck. It was a party line phone with other mobiles in Parker.
We had no TV,
but we had air conditioning. Not like the quiet central air
conditioning we have today; they were noisy wall units. Yet, they
kept us cool.
At that time,
there were about 20 trailer sites; some were occupied, not all. No one
lived at Havasu Palms full time. There was also a campground, with public
restrooms. The store built in Bob Orchard’s day still stood, with
additions. It was a bit of a patchwork construction, pieced together with
recycled material. It had a tin roof, and an uneven red rock porch,
surrounded by tamarisk trees.
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Photo: Original Havasu Palms Store, circa 1968







