We’re trying to slow down and make it a little more
‘leisurely’ journey. We slept in a
little bit, did some planning and took showers.
One problem we’ve had taking long journey’s is that I’m the treasurer of
my church and, the bills, payroll, taxes and financial statements still have to
be done. The administrative assistant
and I are working on a system and it’s working pretty good so far…. She scans the bills and documents to me and
then I create the checks that she can print and have other officer’s sign. If it works OK, then we can travel a lot
MORE!
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| Church Treasure'in from the road...... |
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| Ellen has been looking for days to find a phone booth for her cell phone........ |
West of Flagstaff, the old Route 66 is pretty much
preserved. The old road took us through
Belmont, which is where the “Grand Canyon Train” originates. There was also gravel road through private
property that we took and then an abandoned section that we were able to hike
for almost 2 miles.
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| An abandoned section of old '66 |
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| This was a 'spring house' providing water to the forest rangers. There were no doors in this little building.... |
We passed through Williams AZ, which claims to be the last
town that was by-passed by Rt 66 in 1984 as it was modernized and improved.
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| A neat old gas station in Ash Fork |
Seligman has preserved a lot of the old Burma Shave signs
that we grew up with….
Our original intent was to find a campground in Kingman and
get off the road well before 4pm and enjoy the afternoon. We had stopped at the SAFEWAY and stocked up
on supplies. It turned out that the
campground we selected on Old 66 was full, as were the other two in
Kingman. We decided to travel on to
Topock, which is almost to California.
It was a twisty-turny cliff-side road littered with 10mph hair-pin
turns. Ellen kept her eyes shut most of
the time….
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| As we left Kingman, we hit a 'road closed' and had to detour on I-40 to pick up the old road again... |
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| Sometimes you could see for miles..... |
We briefly stopped in Oatman, which defied description. They have donkey’s running wild in the
streets. They’re tame and curious.
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| Checking us out... |
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| Main Street Oatman |
We did make it to a nice campground overlooking the Colorado
River and California just beyond…..
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| Setting up to grill burgers for supper..... |
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