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06/09/2023

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03/09/2023

Day 35 & 36
Palm Springs to Los Angeles, California

Our final day started with some shopping at an outlet centre then round 2 of the go kart racing which was fierce but damn good fun! Congrats to Andrea & Tubbsy for the best average times Female and Male - who had the FASTEST time???

We made it safely back to the LAX Marriot Hotel we started as strangers 35 days ago but returned as friends for life.

Our traditional end of tour drinks was very emotional with lots of very kind words spoken. Our Aussie Mates shouted some Fosters beer for us and arranged meat pies and sausage rolls which tasted AMAZING! Thanks Rick…

A few more drinks and we farewell everyone tomorrow. We’re going to miss you all!

02/09/2023

The pranksters got pranked 🤣🤣🤣

01/09/2023

Day 34
Lake Havasu, Arizona to Palm Springs, California

Today we followed the Colorado River through Parker and some stopped for a swim in this famous American river.

The drive through the Joshua Tree National Park is 70 miles long with the scenery changing dramatically as we moved through. Some stunning views!

Our Hotel in Palm Springs for the next 2 night has a great pool and tonight we visited the Thursday night Market in downtown.

31/08/2023

Day 33
Kingman to Lake Havasu, Arizona

Our final day on Route 66 for this tour started with a drive over the scenic Sitgreaves Pass to Oatman, the Donkey Town.

After a bit of shopping and checking out the attractions we then made our way to the Topock 66 Bar right on the Colorado River for lunch and a swim.

Our Hotel for the night is the London Bridge Resort and we had a lot of fun in the pool followed by a beautiful dinner.

30/08/2023

Moonrise and Sunrise a few days ago in beautiful Sedona.
Thanks for the great photos Nifty

30/08/2023

Day 32
Sedona Arizona to Kingman Arizona

After a beautiful sunrise in Sedona we headed back to Flagstaff then took another stretch of original Route 66 to Willams for some 66 souvenir shopping.

Some of the crew had an earlier start and made their way to the Grand Canyon for a helicopter flight at 8am or stood on the rim of the Canyon.

In Seligman we met the man himself - Angel Delgadillo, age 96 going on 36 who is the one that created the Historic Route 66 Society of Arizona that led to the preservation of the Mother Road. What an inspiration !

A visit to Hackberry General Store the Outpost Saloon for a cold beer, game of pool and added our tour names to the ceiling.

Our Hotel in Kingman has a great pool in which we spent a couple of hours soaking it all up. What a great day!

29/08/2023

Day 31
Gallup New Mexico, to Sedona Arizona.

We are ticking off the states as we left New Mexico and entered Arizona. We did some shopping at some Indian trading posts then toured the Petrified National Forest to the Wigwam Motel in Holbrook.

Winslow, Arizona was made famous in the Eagles song “Take it Easy” so we stood on the corner where there is a great tribute to the Eagles.

Some paid a visit to the Meteor Crater which is mind blowing then we headed to our wonderful a Hotel in Sedona for the night.

28/08/2023

Day 30
Santa Fe to Gallup, New Mexico

Today we left the beautiful city of Santa Fe and followed Route 66 through to Gallup. We visited the cute mining town of Madrid which was made famous in the movie Wild Hogs.

Next was the drive up the Sandia Crest over 10500ft for stunning views over Albequeque then the Enchanted Trails RV park to check out some vintage caravans.

Lunch was at the Route 66 Junkyard Brewery for a cold beer and yummy pulled pork sandwich.

27/08/2023

Day 29

Colorful Santa Fe today was about relaxing and seeing the sights of this beautiful city

26/08/2023

Day 28
Amarillo Texas to Santa Fe New Mexico

One of our favourite days which we started with a visit to Bill Warwicks private collection of amazing memorabilia, this place is mind blowing with treasures everywhere you look.

Just around the corner is the iconic Cadillac Ranch where we added to the art work with spray paint .

Our next visit was to the Midpoint Cafe which is halfway across Route 66 and we enjoyed some delicious pie which they are famous for, and then we lined up for a midway photo.

We crossed the border into New Mexico and stopped at Russell’s Truck Stop to look at his impressive car collection, then made our way through Tucumcari to Santa Rosa where some brave people went for a swim at the Big Blue Hole.

Our hotel for the next two nights is the historic La Fonda on the Plaza, we were lucky enough to arrive to a car show a few steps from the hotel …we LOVE Santa Fe 🥰

25/08/2023

Day 27
Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Texas

Making our way West through the remaining stretches of Route 66 in Oklahoma we stopped at the Route 66 Museum in Clinton & regrouped at the National Route 66 Museum in Elk City.

Next up was a visit to the Redneck capital of the world - Erick, Oklahoma where the wonderful Harley Russell showed us insanity at its finest. What a treat!

We crossed the border into Texas with visits to the Dew Drop Inn in Shamrock, leaning water tower, giant cross and Bug Slug Ranch.

A party bus took us to the Big Texan Steak Ranch for a fantastic meal with great company.

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