Twistedpair is right. You will get stopped at a DUI checkpoint leaving either Lake Mead Marina or Callville or both. FOr the past 4 years I have hit every one on every holiday weekend.
Originally posted by warlock25
.......There are plenty of private coves and camp site all along the shores for families to gather if they don't want to expose their children to what has become Havasu on a busy weekend.
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Michele
Egg-Xactly.............Go where they ain't..............
I go to get away from the crowds. Holiday week-ends are a definite NO, especially with a boat.
Originally posted by warlock25
Well Said!
However, Havasu has become what it has become. That being said, If you have young kids you don't want exposed to questionable behavior than the channel or the sand bar should probably be avoided during the Holidays.
Last 4th of July we parked next to a Family in the Channel with our Grown Children(24 & 26) we did the neighborly thing and offered the parents a beer and some Jello shots. All we got the rest of the day was disgusted looks from them for drinking. We weren't loud and obnoxious, we weren't nude or anything close to it. They were sitting in the channel on a holiday and were upset that people around them had the nerve to party.
There are plenty of private coves and camp site all along the shores for families to gather if they don't want to expose their children to what has become Havasu on a busy weekend.
You don't have to leave, but don't arrive to a party and get upset because the party isn't what you wanted it to be. We all have choices to make, some choose not to expose their children to the sand bar etc. on Holiday weekends.
Michele
I agree with you.....but only to a point! If I pulled up next to your boat (as you described the scene) I would not have any problems at all, and would offer the same right back to you! In fact the "family" group I do go with does make jello shots, brings plenty of refreshments and does have gas powered blenders, so yes....we do know how to party as well!
What I do not appreciate was very well put in the first post. In fact I may be a bit more liberal than others.....because I will stay through the thongs and pasties, but what I do not tolerate are the drinking fests, "boob meters," and other things of that nature.....to that point, the Channel, the Sandbar, Steamboat, and Copper Canyon are public places, so take that hedonism to the private coves where it belongs!
And like the majority of families, once the place gets rocking to hard, I do leave and either go up or down river without a fuss. But I do agree, it is a shame that the major "public" places have to give way once the "party animals" come out to play!
Last year during memorial day weekend I was in the channel relaxing with my girlfriend and some other friends when a guy came up to our boat and asked my girlfriend and another friend to take their tops off for the camera and they would receive a free T-shirt. They were some girls gone wild rip off, professional cameras and everything. I absolutely went ape sh*t and almost killed the guy. Now Im a young guy (25) and all the nudity and trash that you get in havasu doesnt bother me but when people are soliciting (in my opinion) sex acts from my girlfriend, friends, wifes etc. I think that is ridiculous and it infuriated me that I couldnt A. beat the hell out of this guy because I would have been arrested or B. throw his camera in the water because I would have been arrested. I think if you want to tape trashy chics doing whatever it is they are doing thats one thing but if you poke your head into my boat and try to buy my girlfriend off with a t-shirt for a shot of her boobs that is ridiculous and I wish it was illegal. This is what I hate about havasu because even when you try to hang back and be mellow and just watch the madness somehow you always get caught up in it. I cant tell you how many times Ive seen parents leaving the Marina or the channel and cover their kids eyes because some trash sack thinks its funny to flash the cute little 10 boy. This is the problem I think because the channel is basically in the middle of town and should be free of nudity but thats not at all how it is. You can always avoid the Sandbar if you dont want to deal with this stuff but it really makes me mad that I cant hang in the channel, the nautical etc without dealing with idiots. I cant imagine what I would do if I had kids, probably go to Powell every weekend.
The one time we went to Havasu during Memorial (many years ago) The cops arrested any chick that took their tops off. Do they not enoforce that now?
Boat cop
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Boat cop
My little family got into boating so we could to be together, I have to admit that to this point in my life I have avoided Havasu mostly because of the skanky acts that I read about, I just don't think my teens and pre-teen daughter need to see some girls and guys acting like they are porn stars. If we do finally make a trip out there it will certainly be mid week to avoid any of the unecessary nonsense.
Originally posted by Debbolas
The one time we went to Havasu during Memorial (many years ago) The cops arrested any chick that took their tops off. Do they not enoforce that now?
Boat cop
oh
Boat cop
Like I said LE can't be everywhere
Good post High Roller.
Well I'll put in my .02. I love the people that tell people the channel and the sand bar are not places for kid's. Unfortunately they are right to some extent. I've been going to Havasu 16 year's and I find it pathetic how the way young people act nowaday's there. Havasu is a place where everyone should be able to enjoy it. But because the way some of these skanky bitches act they sure are making it hard for a family to enjoy it. No, I'm not talking about the girl's that are flashing there tit's. I don't think that's any big deal. I'm talking about the women who think it's necessary to act like lesbian's and peform sex act's on each other out in public. I think it's bullshit that I have to avoid place's like the sandbar on the weekends because of these pathetic people who obviously have no moral's. I don't need to accomadate these people. These people need to control themselves and quit acting like total asses. If these people want to act like this save it for when they are not in a public place where family's are there with children.
i' ve got an idea, take your kids too the park at 2 am in south central and let them play with the crack dealers ,streetwalkers ,gangbangers and crackheads .while your at it get on your soapbox and tell them this is a public place and they should act accordinling. i'll bet theres some gun play there also.
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