Route 66 Road Trip
Laughlin to Flagstaff
©Exploramum and Explorason – Retro gas station
Route 66 is one of the most famous roads in the USA and our Route 66 road trip takes us from Laughlin to Flagstaff near the Grand Canyon. “Have you won Lotto?”. This is a comment I have just received on Facebook. My answer is “no”, I have not won any Lotto. I just sold my home and some of the things I owned for this single parent travel. Very few luxury travel experts would recommend you do this, but in fact, it can give you the feeling of freedom. It is something that is very scary but still worth it. We made up our mind and knew that this is what we had to do if we were to have a great family travel all over the world.
I really loved the “Do Not Disturb” door sign at Laughlin. It was written, “Living the Dream”. I kept that as it is exactly what I am doing.
©Exploramum and Explorason – stark mountains
We get there and everywhere smells like donkey poo. We spot “feed the donkeys” signs in the area. However, we find that they always come down from the hills when they are good and ready. Today, well, they are just not ready.
©Exploramum and Explorason – visiting a wester-themed town
©Exploramum and Explorason – wild and wooly weather starts to move in
©Exploramum and Explorason – discovering the vehicles that inspired the Disney Cars movie.
©Exploramum and Explorason – it is getting very windy
©Exploramum and Explorason – finding wrecked vehicles along the way
©Exploramum and Explorason – enjoying an American diner
©Exploramum and Explorason – this is the Sheriff’s car
©Exploramum and Explorason – we find Mater
©Exploramum and Explorason – Indian Trading Post
©Exploramum and Explorason – we try Root Beer here
We run out of daylight yet again. We have been told it is going to snow that night, and we have no idea it in a long weekend or public vacation. Again we find it hard to find a hotel which seems to be happening to us a bit – but then we do like ‘winging it’. The many we manage to check out are not up to our standards. I have learned to say “no” and not get phased. This was not the case earlier in the trip.
©Exploramum and Explorason – we arrive in Flagstaff as it starts to snow
©Exploramum and Explorason – we are so pleased to get a hotel room that is clean and refurbished
It also has a fabulous buffet 2 doors down. It is right next to the Embassy Suites. We meet a couple of AFL football teams and enjoy an evening drink by the fireplace. Off to the Grand Canyon and a few other sites while at Flagstaff. And some down time and world schooling I hope.
Stay tuned as our Route 66 road trip continues.
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