Touring is thirsty work!.
Due to slow Internet connection this one’s a day late. This was our last day in Arizona and into California, once we left Kingman we had a short trip to Cool Springs. Cool Springs sits on one side of Sitgreaves Pass a 9 mile 14.5km action of twisty road to Oatman consisting of around 122 curves. …
We left Vegas today and headed south back to Arizona, on the way we stopped at Lake Mead – Hoover dam. Was really cool driving on top on the dam wall that’s featured in so many movies. After that it was onto Kingman for a visit to the Route 66 museum with a bite for …
Today was a sleep in and relax day, I had to go to Eagle Rider and get my bike gear linkage fixed. Also went to Gold and Silver Pawn Shop and Rick’S restorations for a look. Both are very popular tourist spots with the “stars” being elsewhere and other staff dealing with the throng of …
Yesterday we left lovely Williams and travelled part of the I-40 to Seligman AZ. than onto old Route 66. Seligman AZ. is where the whole historic Route 66 campaign kicked off with Angel Delgardillo and his campaign for “Historic Route 66” signage on the former US highway; similar initiatives have since been established in every …
A great day to touring around today, first up we doubled back to Two Arrows, Two Guns and the Meteor Crater for some photos and a quick visit. Then it was back to Flagstaff then we headed north to Cameron and then off into the Grand Canyon National Park. Photos and words don’t adequately describe …
After the storm yesterday we hit the road and found it pretty cool within a short distance. So a quick stop was in order to put on some extra clothes. The road through this part of New Mexico is poorly signed in regard to Route 66 signage. Not a lot to look at from a …
Day 12 was mostly a ride day with little of worth to see as far as Route 66 goes. There is some amazing countryside to be seen through New Mexico though. We chose the southern older alignment of Route 66 going via Los Lunas.Once we passed Los Lunas the countryside opened up to some stunning …
Today seen us leave Santa Rosa and head north on Highway 87, which was the pre-1937 alignment for Route 66. We veered off to Las Vegas NM. to have a look around. Las Vegas NM. was once home to Doc Holliday, Kate Elder, Wyatt Earp and Butch Cassidy. It was also where Peter Fonda and …
Our time in Texas was brief and today we would cross over into New Mexico. We had to check out the Cadillac Ranch on our way out of town though. Today wasn’t a very long ride only around 290km. Our next stop was the ghost town of Glenrico near the border of Texas.
Today we would enter the “Lone Star” state crossing over into Texas via Texola. Our first stop was the National Route 66 and Transportation Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma. We were there earlt in the morning so we took a wander around and checked out the buildings and the displays in the windows. With the …