Day 14 - Williams to Kingman 148 miles (2430 miles so far)



Woke up quite late and rushed about a bit as check out was 10am. Then we tooted about Williams for a while taking some photos etc. We had breakfast in the Red Garter Bed and Bakery, it is an old bordello that has been converted into a b & b, Gem would love it. The woman that was working there loved having some chat with us, she asked if we had ever been to Surrey and if it was nice cos she had just watched ‘The Holiday’ - I think American peoples views of the UK are slightly skewed by movies.



After we hit the road we hit the longest stretch of interrupted Rt 66, it was a great road, surrounded by mountains and canyons. The first town we hit was Seligman, I cant really describe the town other than to say it is ‘wacky’. Two brothers called Angel and Juan basically organised the whole Rt 66 thing in the area and because of this the town is Rt 66 crazy. Juan ran the Snow Cap Drive In and Angel the barber shop and both are now temples to Rt 66. The Snow Cap is still running even though Juan has passed away and the barber shop is now a shop. We got some shakes and onion rings at the Snow Cap and they came with a happy face potato thing! The whole place was like a joke house, the door had two handles, he squeezed fake mustard on K, gave our change to someone else and said do you want a straw and then handed us a pile of straw! Cheesy but cute. A coach load of Germans had arrived at the same time as us and they were loving it, some of them even got a ride in the special Snow Cap car (picture to follow).



On we went, we even got to see the Grand Canyon again in the distance. Then we arrived in Kingman where we are spending tonight. On the way in to town the car in front of us had their tyre blow up! K stopped to see if they needed help but they said they were ok. We went to the Rt 66 museum and they were going to let us in for free since we didn’t have change but in the end we gave them the $5 that we did have in change - bargain. It was a great museum with loads of stories from people who travelled Rt 66 out of necessity during the depression.



We checked into the Quality Inn for a bit of luxury then K fell asleep for an hour before dinner. Lightweight. We went to the Golden Corral for dinner which was AMAZING! It was a buffet and it had everything in the world, including steak that you got to say how you wanted it cooked. K went a bit crazy with the pork chops, I think she might get the swine flu!



After that (we were in there quite a while) we cruised about a bit then went to a borders type store where K spent ages browsing. We bought a book with photos of funny signs, I was crying in the shop whilst reading it - not a good look.



Now we are back in the room watching Save the Last Dance - wild eh?!

(still having photo trouble)