Dave on take-off
Great views !
After this early excitement we rode to Seligman for lunch. Another town which made its living from the Route 66 passing business and now going to strange lengths to trade on the nostalgia. (Note: figures on the roof are dummies).
Our lunch venue - the Road Runner cafe. Wifi password (predictably) 'beepbeep' !!
Next stop was Hackberry. Another Route 66 oasis in an increasingly arid lanscape.
As we descended form the Colorado plateau the temperature rose. Here it was 40.5 C.
... And the vegetation to match it.
Over a very windy pass to Oatman, a former mining boom town but with still several operational gold mines.
A local resident:
Scenery pretty rugged:
... especially in close-up - a bit like a holiday brochure for Mordor !
Another 20 or so miles took us to our hotel in the gambling resort of Laughlin, something of a younger sibling to Las Vegas. For the last 5 miles or so the air temperature hit 45 C. Some members of the party visibly wilting by the time we reached the air-conditioned hotel lobby. A restorative chilled beer much appreciated.
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