Springhill Suites By Marriott Kingman

Auf dem Weg nach Kingman sind wir auf der Historic Route 66 gefahren...Zuerst eine Enttaeuschung, dann aber doch noch lustig (siehe Videos) :-)

Von Kingman aus sind wir weiter auf der Route 66 nach Oatman gefahren...dies ist angeblich eine Ghosttown...aber das muss schon eine Weile her sein. Heute ist es eher ein Touristen-Mekka mit Souvenir-Shops und hungrigen Eseln...

From the Grand Canyon we travelled through more Desert to Kingman, which is where we were joining Route 66.












The evening went through to a lekka Cowboy restaurant and had a great evening enjoying some steak.

... a small town on the way and enjoyed ice cream and took photos of the strange assortment of paraphenalia that diners along the route had collected. Not exactly sure what the town was called, but I do know we were on what is now Route 40 in Arizona (yea sorry about my shifty memory - I think the tequila in Mexico has got to it).

That night in Vegas was pretty subdued. A group of us ...

Nach einer Übernachtung in einem kleinen Örtchen namens Williams fuhren wir zur berühmten Route 66. "The Mother Road" Route 66 ist einer der ersten Highways und führte ursprünglich von Chicago nach Los Angeles. Da wir auf etlichen Fotos ein riesiges Sign der Route 66 gesehen hatten, wollten wir uns dieses natürlich nicht entgehen lassen. Daher informierten wir uns im Voraus wie immer ...

... night on the way down the coast at Morro Bay, a small sea side town.Then on to Santa Monica for a night which was a real buzz going on the pier and beach plus some shopping at the mall.( window shopping, couldn't afford to let Kaye shop there ) Then we headed for Las Vegas to the bright lights and casino's which drain a bit more from the bank. Thank heavens for credit cards. That's it for now, stay tuned.

... the bus as it will now go back to the visitor center. I'm sitting in one of the last rows. There are a couple of people left when it feels like I'm getting kicked off the bus. Someone has other plans for me. So fine. I'll walk to the lookout, take a few pictures, then head back. Once I'm at the end of the path I sit down on the rocks and try and clear my head of these negative thoughts. The Swiss Army Guy has sat down not too far from me. It is quite ...

... movie Oceans 13. Danny Ocean is watching Oprah and is brought to tears from seeing how happy disadvantaged kids, individuals, etc can be from receiving a small token. He also sees what the gesture means to the person giving. In this movie the Oceans 11, 12, and 13 gang have reunited to "make something right" for one of their own who is in a coma, screwed by an unscrupulous business partner. They are not in it to benefit personally. They have to call on ...

... and the Shivwits Plateau were included. Needless to say its the largest man made lake and reservoir in the States. You know when you begin to approach the dam as the traffic slows to walking pace and the mountainside is covered in pylons in all sorts of crazy angles. Its bizarre. Hoover Dam was packed. A stream of cars full of bored, hot looking people driving at a snails pace across the dam and a sea of ...

... way to our first RV park. You think meet the Fockers was a *********, well it's the norm out here!! Weve never seen so many massive converted coaches and fifth wheelers. The RV parks have berths for up to 50 footers!!! So we didn't take up much room in our little tent!! All in all not a bad nights sleep was had, but I definately needed another pillow! We visited La Jolla and saw some sea lions, and fur seals. Really nice part of town frequented by the rich and famous and ...

... The whole thing looked like a tourist trap though and so we tried to find another place to go as the sun began to dip below the horizon. Our other option was trying a different route to a different part of the canyon from Route 66 west of Flagstaff. The darkness of night had long set in by this time and so we wound up driving by right by it without even noticing and found ourselves in Kingman. This seemed as good a time as any to just call it a day and stop at a motel.