Route 66 Kingman to Seligman

 

 

click photo to enlarge		 I just love this stretch of Route 66 in Arizona. It is a wonderful stretch of road with not much except high desert scenery. My first time on Route 66 was this area and it was the first time in my life I had ever seen an entire train that was probably a mile long. Living in Ohio you just never saw an entire train because of hills or trees. I remember Karen being a bit concerned because on the drive west from Seligman, there was nothing. For some reason that really bothered her knowing there was nothing around for miles while I was fascinated by it.

click photo to enlarge		 There are a few places to see on this 90 or so miles between Seligman and Kingman, Peach Springs, Grand Canyon Caverns, and the Hackberry General store. For many years I avoided Grand Canyon Cavers figuring it was just a tourist trap. And you know what, it is... but is really is worth stopping and seeing the caverns as they do a really good job. These days I tend to like stopping at some of the old tourist traps that are still left. They are reminders of a simpler bygone era that we will never see again. Since we started traveling 66 in the mid nineties, already a number of the characters of the road have passed on to the highway in  the sky. Because of that, we are now stopping at newer ones that have popped up to take the places of the oldsters,

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