We started our day in Kingman AZ. We knew it was going to be hot today as we headed toward the Mohave Desert. The hottest temperature recorded on our car temp gauge was 110. We drove with the top down in the morning on the way to Oatman AZ. We arrived there before noon and that was it for top-down driving as the temperature was already getting very hot.
Vicky wore her pink Route 66 hat today for our top-down driving.
Today we headed on the most curvy, steep, and dangerous part of Route 66---from Kingman AZ to Oatman AZ. Our first stop was at Cool Springs. At one point this building on Route 66 burnt down but has since been restored to its original glory.
I also got to wear my Route 66 hat today---the sun was unbearably hot and it wasn't even 11:00 a.m.
After navigating the treacherous tight turns and ups and downs of this steep part of Route 66 we arrived in Oatman. It is an old western style town. Wild burros left my miners are now tamed and allowed to wander freely on the street and beg for food from the tourists. Dirk--I think you said one bit you last year---you should have bit him back. You think that's bad, look what the burros thought of our corvette!!
But we did find one young burro that so liked our corvette that he tried to eat it. As we returned to our vehicle, we saw this young burro nibbling at the cover of convertible top. Luckily some ladies saw him doing it and pushed him away from the car. He must have liked the roughness and thought it was edible.
At noon they had a gunfight in the street and the people had to stand at each end of the gunfight so no vehicles could interfere with the gunfight. Even the burros enjoy watching the show.
After leaving Oatman, we headed for Needles Cal. at the bottom of the valley. This is where our temp gauge reached 110 degrees. Luckily the corvette handled the temp well and provided us with lots of cool air. The rest of the trip was uneventlful. We saw lots of desert, and more desert and more desert and more desert and more desert---you get the picture--until we reached Barstow Cal. We then headed south on I15 towards Victorville where we are staying tonight.
Tomorrow we will follow Route 66 into San Bernadino and then west toward Santa Monica. We have 3 days to do this part of the trip and then finish up in Santa Monica. There looks like there is a lot of Route 66 "stuff" to see along the way so we will see what happens and where we end up.
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