Tuesday we finally make it to the Golden
State. We have lots to see before we get there. There is a long
stretch of Route 66...the longest in the state of Arizona from just
west of Flagstaff all the way to the border of California....about 85
miles. Along the way we saw many old Burma Shave signs. 
We cruised
through small towns like Seligman, (where we stopped at the Snow Cap
for a hamburger without ham and a cheeseburger with cheese) Peach
Springs and Oatman where the donkeys roam the streets freely and even
go in and out of the stores. If we had imagined that driving to
Oatman would be the hair raising; white knuckle trip up and down and
over the mountains that it was, we may have gone a different way.
When they say the speed limit on the hairpin curves is 15 mph they
mean it! 
Then we drove over the Mojave Desert where the temperature
was 93 degrees and the roads were straight as arrows. The speed limit
there was 65 or 70 mph and it was a real rollercoaster ride. Finally
we reached our destination for the night. 29 Palms Inn where we're
sleeping tonight in an adobe hut. This place is adorable. There is
also a great restaurant here and a pool with music every night. We
met a nice young couple from New York who are living in LA. They have their own business and we shared some of our insights and had some laughs. Maybe in 20 years they'll be sitting on our side of the room giving advice to another young couple. We drove 386.2 miles today and saw 0 Corvettes.
No comments:
Post a Comment