Sunridge Hotel & Conf Center Bullhead City

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

If you are reading this, and we warned you not to, here is why....<br><br>When we left the Grand Canyon we drove for a few hours that night and stayed in lovely Needles, California, right on the border of Arizona. So thats it, just where we slept for the night, before we headed up to Yosemite National Park.<br><br>We just wanted our map to be accurate, hence the reason for this post.<br><br>Till Yosemite, a real post you can read.<br><br>Nic and Jess<br>

... to the Stratosphere and tried to go up, but only one ride was open (i.e. the two most interesting rides were closed) so we went to Sahara for a Buffet dinner instead. Then a few of us went for a roller coaster ride at the Sahara which was pretty cool. We then attempted to play blackjack in which I lost $20. Although an aussie couple had more success and walked away with an extra $50 ...

... place along route 66 where they specially created a 4 lane highway back in the route 66 heyday (50's or so) due to the traffic problems of visitors to the caverns - estimated about 70,000 visitors a year back in the heydays and 40K+ or more now....they used to lower people by in by rope apparently. After our pit stop we kept traveling west and crossed the Hoover Dam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...

... thinks of others first. Will do anything that What? Is! asks her to. But would she marry crazy, balding, middle aged guy? What would her parents say? What would my kids say? I need to wait and see what she has to say. She's spoken to What? Is!, consciously, for a lot longer than I have. Who's coming to the Wedding? Sheesh, A beautiful young bride and I don't even get to consummate the vows. I'm already starting to feel gypped. Think It! Feel It! Live It!

... Legoland. He had been such a trooper during our park adventures and we knew it was something he really wanted to see. On the way we took a detour to Seligman, a small, old route 66 town. It features on the special features of the Disney/Pixar movie, Cars and is credited for at least a small revival of interest in the old route. We stopped at one famous place (Delgadillo's Sno Cap) for a milkshake, but it was closed. Out back, they had a series of old cars ...

... Vegas, you couldn't help but notice that it was surrounded by an eight foot wall constructed of those wrought iron lances with the spear points at the top. In fact, it looked like the spear points had been filed to a razor like finish. To understand this seemingly bizarre (and obviously expensive) fence choice, you just had to drive around the corner onto Main street and you are suddenly faced with ...

... when the huge group of "RVers" got aboard. I am convinced this group is just another cult traveling around the country in too big vehicles for any of them to handle. They spend 4$ for gas for every mile they go and then raid the welcome centers for coupons and then hog up all of the tables at every restaurant in sight only to order soup---with 2 spoons. Extra on the free bread and 2 waters. Anywho, this was a particularly boisterous ...

While we may have embarked on this, our first backpacking expedition, underprepared, we did spend many hours researching the trip prior to our departure, which is how we came across information about the danger of flash floods. The weather, it seemed, could change in a second, with monsoons causing the water to rise and flood the canyon ...

... a few short hours she was back in STL and in out Hotel room passin the Peace piece with us. It was a great night. Her and Joe, her buddy out there took us to the electric cowboy or something like that. A restaurant lounge. Where we hung out and caught up on whats the haps, with beers and food. The next day we drove through Columbia, Mo and stopped again at Denises. She was home and changing already waiting for us. We're all going to Kansas City to see ...