La Posada Hotel

We made it to Williams, the last town on our little trek, Saturday night.  We had reservations at the La Posada Hotel.  What a treat!  The hotel and grounds are beautiful.

Each room is named for a celebrity.  We had the Jackie Gleason room.

The best bed of the trip - soft and king sized

The 'hallway' to our door

There are several gardens around the property

This is the walkway outside the dinning room

The hotel was build in 1930 as a Harvey Hotel.  This is a picture of the Harvey Girls of Winslow that were still alive in 2010

A sitting room

The Turquoise Room Restraunt where we had dinner

The stairway leading to our room on the second floor

Leaving the hotel grounds



Meteor Crater

Between the Grand Canyon and Winslow is the Meteor Crater where 50,000 years ago a giant meteor impacted the earth.

NASA trained astronauts here so they would know how to navigate craters on the moon.

It is 2.4 miles in circumference and 550 feet deep





The Grand Canyon

OK, so the Grand Canyon isn't actually on Rt. 66, but it's so close!  We couldn't resist the hour north to do some hiking and look at the big hole in the ground.



Williams

We ended Friday in Williams

We had dinner at the Italian Bistro.  It came as a recommendation from our Inn Keeper.

Sights around town

Kendall reserved the Route 66 room at Legacies Bed and Breakfast



Kingman to the Grand Canyon Caverns

There were caverns along the route discovered in 1927.  They held several names over the years including Dinosaur Caverns.  They are called Grand Canyon Caverns because when doing a test with a smoke bomb to find out the ventilation flow, the smoke came out at the Grand Canyon - 40 miles away as the crow flies.

He's mighty tall!

Our greeter when we entered the building.

Inside the Cavern

The owners think they may need to use it for survival one day.  There are enough supplies for 2,000 for several weeks.

You can rent a room in the cavern for the night at $700 a couple.  Total darkness and quiet!

The elevator we were happy to have take us down and back up to the surface.



Oatman to Kingman

We arrived in Kingman and checked out the local museums and had lunch at a great diner.

Olive Oatman

The mural outside the museum

Kendall checking out the oil in the garage

The air conditioner for the car



 Lunch at Mr. D'z.  The hambure was flame broiled and sooooo good!

Chocolate Milkshake for me and a Homemade Rootbeer for Kendall



Topock to Oatman

The official start of the Rt. 66 portion of our trip.

The town of Topock doesn't exist anymore.  All that is left is the Trails Arch Bridge that carries gass and utility lines across the Colorado River.

Let the journey begin!

The first 'town' we came to was Oatman, once booming with gold miners.  It is now a tourist town with shops and restraurants.  Althogh the town is known for the wild burros, we didn't see any.  Maybe it was because we were there too early in the morning.



London Bridge

Wow, post #500!  Who knew I had so much to say.

Friday morning we headed to Lake Havasu City to stroll along the old London Bridge as we headed north to join up with the western end of Rt. 66 in Arizona.

Rt. 66!

Since Jason & Moya as well as Lois had a good time on the Mother Road, we decided to take a long weekend and experience the portion that goes through Arizona.

We headed west on Thursday evening and spent the night in Parker.  Parker holds good memories for us as the place we spent our second date going to a race.

We had dinner at the Paradise Cafe

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