Sun. Sept. 02

Since we missed seeing what Flagstaff Az  had to offer, we decided to back track the 30 miles to see what we had missed.  Since it was Sunday they had a market in the park.  Typical market with lots of crafts and art work to enjoy.

Vicky enjoyed this young busker

We were able to see Mother Nature at her best today in Flagstaff.  While we were wandering through the town some ominus looking clouds started to form.  Within half an hour the most amazing thunder storm and rain hit Flagstaff and lasted about half an hour.  Lots of lightning, thunder and pounding rain.  

After lunch in Flagstaff we headed west again to Williams AZ where we stayed last night.  Williams is an amazing town with many shops dedicated to Route 66 as well as numerous restaurants and lots of old filling stations.

Mr. Smurf enjoyed his ride on the dashboard of the corvette today.

The Red Garter Bordello in Williams AZ.  Notice the dance hall girl hanging out the window.

We drove on Route 66 most of today.  Arizona seems to have the best pavement on the old route.  We were looking forward to arriving in Seligman and were not disappointed.  It truly is a fun place to stop on Route 66 and we got to meet a true legend of the Mother Road---Angel Delgadillo.  He is 85 years  old and is the founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona.  He was a barber in the town and with his brother Juan they ran a successful business as well.  When we arrived Angel was cheerfully greeting customers in his barber shop and then a bus load of Japanese tourists arrived and they obviously had been told about him and they surrounded him for pictures.  He is an 85 year old man with a ton of energy and enthusiasm for Route 66 and a grin that is as big as the skyline of Arizona----I've taken some writer's licence here!!!!

Vicky is sitting in Angel's barber chair.  To the right of them you can see a picture of Angel when he was a young man.

Angel's barber shop and store.

More fun places in Seligman.  The Snow Cap restaurant was famous for playing tricks on the customers.  I got squirted with a fake musturd bottle and Vicky asked for some tape to put up a picture of the twins and the girl gave her a cassette tape.  Real Three Stooges humour and fun.

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Vicky added our business card with the grandkid's picture to the wall of photographs and business cards.  If you ever get to Seligman see if you can find it.  As you enter the restaurant from the left front door, look to your right.  Let us know if you see it.

After Seligman we headed for Kingman and saw many small towns along the Route with old hotels and buildings dedicated to Route 66.  At Hackberry  we came across a great old service station with many old relics including a 57 corvette just sitting outside.  I'm surprised someone hasn't offered them enough to let it go.  Too bad,  as it seems to be just sitting for the weather to get at it.

Vicky made another new friend at Hackberry

After Hackberry we headed for Kingman.  We noticed that the temperature steadily rose as we descended from the high altitude of Flagstaff to the much lower altitude of Kingman.  We will be watching the weather channel tonight as we stay in Kingman to see what is happening in the Mojave desert the next few days.  We will need to make some decisions tomorrow as to what we are going to do over the next 4 days as we are close to our destination but have our timeshare booked for Fri. Sept. 7 in Las Vegas.  We 'll let you know what we decide to do.