On the Road Again!

Not so much driving today to Williams where we will spend two nights. After a good and healthy (except for the bowl of Lucky Charms) breakfast we checked out for points south-west. Our first stop was at the Cameron Trading Post, established in 1916. This is in effect a massive gift shop with attached motel and restaurant. Alongside is a US Post Office sturdily built in stone.  We had coffee and a look at the trinkets. I was unable to be Sheriff of Cameron as all the Paul badges had gone. Had I been christened Shelby there were loads. I wonder why? From here the next stop was Flagstaff. Despite being told we wanted Route 66, TomTom had other ideas and we almost went past on I40. Although everywhere advertises Harley Davidson, I felt it only right to fly the flag for Triumph. The visitor centre is in the old railway station.  We picked up a map for the historic town that extends a few blocks in every direction north of the station. As we crossed the road a large freight train ca...

Things are coming together for the anti clockwise loop from Phoenix and back again. The Wigwam Motel at Holbrook is not available online and with the 7 hour time difference it is hard to call to make a reservation. I'll leave it a while and see if they come online soon.   I have emailed to see if they have started taking bookings. My brother is there in a week or so on his and Cath's Route 66 trip , so I dropped him an email to see how he managed to book. If he can book me whilst he is there it will make things a bit more certain. The next overnight will be Williams and the Grand Canyon Railway and then we get onto the section of R66 ourselves and a stop in Kingman, currently the hotel of choice is a traditional old fashioned one El Trovotore. That might change yet. Then Claire wanted a few days R&R and somewhere to swim so we'll head down to Lake Havasu and stay there the last two nights before heading to Phoenix and fly home. Arizona Loop Two weeks just doesn't se...

Although it was a nice day at home and after the decking had been jet washed it was too late to get the Rocket out. Autumn has started to arrive and it seems we bypassed summer. Some people may think that planning too much too soon spoils the spontaneity of the trip.  But I like to get a few plans under my belt in good time. It saves missing out on the things you want to see and do.  Been there and done that but was too late to get the t-shirt! Today's research was concerning the six nights after the timeshare. We want to go to the Grand Canyon. Anyone going to Arizona and not looking into the abyss has to be a bit strange.   Then I saw on my brother's blog that he has booked into the Wigwam Motel #6 on R66 in Holbrook. So that fired a bit of imagination. I read up about it on the web inc Tripadvisor. Currently it looks as though the diary for early June 2016 not yet open. What is open and booking up fast is the Grand Canyon Railway. This runs from Williams AZ to the sou...