Route 66: Day 7

Tonight is in the WalMart parking lot in Chandler, OK right on Route
66. Hopefully a quite Route 66 later tonight. Visited the "Devil's
Rope" museum in Maclean, TX this morning. Never knew much about barbed
wire before.

Saw the largest cross in the Western Hemishere in Groom, TX this
morning. Pictures of it have appreared on the Internet many times.
I'll put a photo on after this posting (can only do one pic at a time
on the iPhone).

Coming in towards OK City the temperature was 93 degrees. We're
heading towards Tulsa in the morning.
The stretch between Oklahoma City and Tulsa is supposed to be the best
representation of Route 66.

Route 66: Day 6

Am spending the night outside of Amarillo. A limo will pick us up for
dinner at the Big Texan, famous for the free 72 oz. steak (if you eat
it and the fixin's in one half an hour. I'm not even going to try.

Picture is of the Cadillac Ranch west of Amarillo. Celebrates Route 66
in a very symbolic way. Visited Tucumcari, NM on the way.

Route 66: Day 5

Still at the rally. The photo shows about 10% of the participants.
Tons of RV's. After seeing a lot of the drivers of those big ass rigs,
I'm now a little weary about them. Lot of these folks have one foot in
the grave. Be careful when you pass.

Route 66: Day 4

Started the morning off with a guided tour of Acoma, the City in the
Sky. The oldest village in the US, Acoma is occupied only by Puebla
indians. Very interesting tour.

This evening will be entertainment by the Osmond Brothers.

We're on a bus heading back to Albuquerque right now. Probably be
naptime when we get back.

Route 66:Day 3

Finally got a regular spot this morning, then went to the fairgrounds
and registered. Then the rv show and buying stuff.

Rita Coolidge performed tonight. Still looking and sounding great for
a 63 year old woman.

After the performance, there was seven ballons that lit up the sky
with their enormity. Fantastic scene. Would be fun to come back for
the ballon races and watch 700 to 800 of them.

Tomorrow is the "Sky City" tour to the west.

Route 66: Day 2

Camped last night in Williams, AZ, the gateway to the Grand Canyon.
Nice, new RV park operated by the Grand Canyon Railway. Froze during
the night, so we had some issues. Stopped in Winslow, AZ to check out
the mural. Great looking mural. Almost ran out of gas as we approached
New Mexico, but made it on fumes tons gas station. Best part was that
the gas was $1.99 per gallon, the cheapest yet.

After we entered NM, Susanne read some of the Rally literature. Seems
we had to check in before 5pm. We arrived at 5:30 pm, so we are not
checked in, but dry camping in a vacant lot at the site. Will check in
tomorrow morning and finish the procedure.

Neil Sadaka is suppose to be performing tonight in a nearby tent, so
will see if we can get in. We will be here at the Rally until Tuesday
morning.

Route 66: Day 1

Made it down to Lone Pine for the night. The view from down the road
in the RV park is of Mt. Whitney, at over 14,000 feet it is the
highest point of the contiguous states. Was hoping to make it to
Barstow yesterday, but the logistics of the trip required a stay in
Lone Pine instead. Today we should go through most of Arizona to stay
on schedule. The back of the truck was full of all the "stuff" for the
trailer which we reorganized last night. Later today, in Barstow, we
will officially be on Route 66.