As I don’t drive over large dams or bridges, I go around Hoover Dam when I leave Vegas and plan to head east on I-40. Instead, I go South on Hwy 95 and cut across to Kingsland, AZ via Hwy. 153 to pick up either Route 66 or the 40. Today, I chose the historic route…Route 66.
The last time I was on this section of Route 66 (there’s a turn off for the Historic Route 66 Loop west near Kingsland), I was with my daughter, Ava, on s spiritual quest in 2001 or 2002 on the tail end of our trip and headed for the petrified forest. I should have remembered all the photo ops on it. It really should be savored and walked around in to enjoy the ambience of the diners and the early Americana history not to mention the magnificent landscape and geologic sights.
Here are a few that turned out good enough to publish. As the towns are few and far between, I’m posting them all together.
However, one must go through some amazing geologic formations in southwest Nevada along Hwy. 95 etc. before Arizona.
Enjoy Route 66!
Oops! It looks like some of my best pictures of the historic buildings have disappeared. The scenic landscapes below are between the historic towns which have survived.
Dust Devil! Finally caught one!
If you look closely, you’ll see a snow capped mountain range. Jenni and I kept seeing one similar to this in northern California and I thought, for a moment, this was the same one I called Kilimanjaro!
from a Friend 