Tuesday July 28

Flagstaff, Arizona to Laughlin, Nevada - 191 miles

We left Flagstaff at 7:15 am.  It was cold morning, but we as the bikers liked it winding through the alpine terrain until Williams.  The temp started to raise fast.

We were startled by Seligman's rich collections of US 66 history through its small town, but it offered many things to buy or take pictures of many good ol' days. It was fun to browse in that town.  

We were stunned to find so many bikers stopping by the old Hackberry store. They were coming from Spain for their vacation riding on the bike across the America. About 20 bikers with a Ryder rental truck as a support unit!  There was a passel of cool old stuff to see outside, including rusty old sedans, vintage gas pumps and signs, and a bright red '56 Corvette. 

Upon arrival at Kingman, it was a good location to top off our gas tank or we would be struck in the middle of vast desert under the blazing sun of over 115 degree.  We stopped for our lunch at Mr. D'z Route 66 Diner.  It offered unbelievable rich collections of '50 relics.

We were ready for scavenger hunt in the desert with plenty of water in store for us.  We almost could not manage the extreme heat until we reached Cool Springs' old gas station.  We went inside until we were recovered from being dehydrated.

A series of tight hairpins took us down to a turnout where there were many graves with cross.  Found long lost ashes of Jimmy Hoffa.  We didn't know whether it was for real or not.

Finally we arrived at Oatman with plenty of burros being on loose on the main street. It was fun to see how they begged for some carrots. Believe that they are well fed anyway!  

Worse part was extreme heat; we could barely hold the steering bar straight to Laughlin as our destination for two nights.

By the nightfall we had gathered at the casino to enjoy the as usual performance presented by Stefurak and Bergan.

That's about it all for now.  Thank you for being our faithful readers.