10/12/14 - Back Roads

We got up this morning at a reasonable time and started repacking so we could get everything into the car. We keep acquiring stuff and the trunk is getting full.  During this stop we picked up hats and boots that Priscilla and Joe left on a previous visit with Robbie and Gail.  While I was eating breakfast I looked up to see Parker staring in the window with his ball in front of him.  I'm sure he was thinking that I was very inconsiderate to be eating when he was available to play. 

Parker waiting for me to finish breakfast .

We left Robbie and Gail about noon but didn't go very far.  We stopped about 5 blocks away to see another car guy in the neighborhood in the subdivision (there are about 50),   He has a '57 Ford Fairlane and the '65 mustang that he is rebuilding. He liked the Thunderbird and gave us some tips for our trip on Route 66 today.  Our next stop was at Fry's; not the electronic store but an Arizona Fred Meyer.  They are both owned by Kroger. The Pharmacy looked up my records and filled a prescription that I needed on our adventure.

Today was the first day that we had ran into congestion on the back roads of Route 66.  There was a constant stream of motor homes, trailers and motorcycles at each or our stops.  One of the more interesting stops was Hackberry.  We reconnected with a couple from Tacoma, WA that we met in Springfield, Il.  They were driving a '53 Oldsmobile.  While we were in Hackberry, a group of motorcyclist stopped by with there back-up van hauling two additional Harleys on a trailer, just in case. 

After we passed Kingman, we took the Oatman highway to Oatman.  This stretch on Route 66 is a very twisty steep road.  There were no motor homes or trailers but the motorcycles loved it and zoomed past us.  The road was narrow and built for cars in the 30's.  it is hard to imagine them chugging up these hills and trying to slow down with mechanical brakes. In Oatman we started looking for the famous wild  burros.  They were not hard to find.  While stopped in traffic one came over to the car and stuck his head in Joe's window.   Luckily, we had bought carrots at Fry's while I was waiting for my prescription. The burros ate our 2 lbs of carrots and we continued to walk the streets as we left for Laughlin, NV. Tomorrow we will try to get tickets to tour Hoover Dam and see the London Bridge.  Then back to Route 66