Route 66 Motel
Travel Blogs from Kingman
First helicopter flight
On my way to the Grand Canyon, I followed an hand-painted sign saying "dinosaur footprints" and I was welcomed by a native American who offered to show me around. There was really impressive footprints left in the clay now turned rock a long time ago not in a galaxy far, far away.
It was quite a shock to see how they entertain tourists with …
Las Vegas (The real version!)
... as it was our anniversary we should play number 13 so we put half of our money on 13 as well as a few others. Number 13 came up straight away and we we up by $300 after one roll. We couldn't believe it and neither could any of the other players! We put out winnings to one side before playing a couple more goes on red then putting one more bet based in 13 and it came in again, we agreed that our luck was probably up and called it a night! $300 off a $20 ...
Last Leg
... that she was there when she was about 18 months. I loved her gasp when she first took a glimpse. It is breath taking....so vast..and colorful.
We were set to head over from the GC to Kingman and that road goes through Williams....Route 66, old town, super cute. I would have loved to stay there but that would have added another 2 hours to tomorrows drive which is already 6 hours. When we pulled into Wiliams we saw ...
Bea… Order up please… Bea… Bea
... Das lag wohl auch an dem ganzen Flair das dort vorherrschte… alles vollgetackert mit Visitenkarten und Geldscheinen aus aller Welt, alten Autokennzeichen (TÖL-WP 1 fanden wir dort doch tatsächlich auch), das Restaurant sah aus wie eine alte Tankstelle, Kram aus den Fünfzigern… klasse! Und wenn dann auch noch über die Lautsprecher witzigerweise ein "Bea… Order up please… Bea… Bea… Order up…" ertönt, damit man sein zuvor bestellten ...
Just as free, free as we'll ever be
... down. It is also hotter than the sun. Finally, we make it to see a documentary on the Grand Canyon in the cinema. In a complete turnaround from the previous 30 minutes, Elwood sits calmly and happily throughout the documentary and is completely engaged with it. He loved it, and was making comments and asking questions throughout. Admittedly, the main question he was asking was, 'Where are the lions?’, but he loved it. Elwood is crazy ...