{"id":452,"date":"2014-11-03T22:39:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T05:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2019-10-12T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T02:45:00","slug":"66-in-14-day-2-vegas-to-flagstaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"66 in 14 Day 2 – Vegas to Flagstaff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday morning started off warm and sunny. \u00a0Perfect for a road trip. \u00a0The plan for today was to head south to Kingman AZ and pick up Route 66. \u00a0So off I went ignoring the prompts from the GPS to take Tropicana, and onto I-15 South. \u00a0Maps told me the I-15 to I-215 would be quicker than Tropicana to Highway 95. \u00a0Once we were in agreement and on Highway 95, it was a quick trip to Kingman.<\/p>\n

\"Cruze\"<\/a>
See the USA in your Chevrolet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Kingman, it was breakfast and a picture of the car, then off to Route 66. \u00a0Before I headed east, I wanted to go to Oatman which is near the California border. \u00a0I’m glad I did. \u00a0This is a great road to drive. \u00a0Lots of corners, great scenery and on this Sunday, no traffic! \u00a0Best of all, any vehicle over 40 feet is prohibited from using the road, so no RVs or big trucks!<\/p>\n

Once in Oatman, traffic was brought to a halt by the wild burros. \u00a0Story has it that they are descendants of the burros used buy the gold miners. \u00a0They are very tame and have the tourist trained to feed them. \u00a0If you have a carrot, you’ll have a new friend!<\/p>\n

After Oatman, is was back to I-40 to Kignman to pick up 66 again. \u00a0From there, it was east to Hackberry where I stopped at the Hackberry General Store where there are many old cars in various states and a good looking Corvette. \u00a0A popular stop in the middle of nowhere. \u00a0A trend I would soon learn is quite common on 66.<\/p>\n

\"Sign\"<\/a>
A signpost at a rest stop before the final climb to Oatman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From there, it was through many more ghost towns until reaching\u00a0Seligman. \u00a0There I wanted to have a look at a popular souvenir shop, however four busloads of tourist pulled up at the same time. \u00a0I only managed to have a quick look then got out. \u00a0Too bad.<\/p>\n

After\u00a0Seligman, it was onto Flagstaff. \u00a0I was looking forward to a quick trip on I-40, however Mother Nature had other ideas. \u00a0It started to snow! \u00a0Not just fluffy flakes, but hard driving, almost ice pellets. \u00a0The freeway was covered in white and the Cruze’s traction control even kicked in a coupe of times to stop wheelspin. \u00a0Traffic on the freeway dropped from 130 KMH (80MPH) to about 60 KMH (40mph). \u00a0Nobody spun out.<\/p>\n

Finally, Flagstaff was reached and the day was done. \u00a0A quick dinner, then upload pics. \u00a0Another great day! \u00a0Even with the snow.<\/p>\n

\"Giddy<\/a>
One of the wild burros in Oatman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Please check out my Flickr or SmugMug page (links in the header bar) for more pictures. \u00a0All pictures for this tour will be geotagged so you can see where it was taken.<\/p>\n

See ya tomorrow!<\/p>\n

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Sunday morning started off warm and sunny. \u00a0Perfect for a road trip. \u00a0The plan for today was to head south to Kingman AZ and pick up Route 66. \u00a0So off I went ignoring the prompts from the GPS to take Tropicana, and onto I-15 South. \u00a0Maps told me the I-15 to I-215 would be quicker … <\/p>\n

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