Had a slow start in Needles - breakfast (we split a "Big Mess" Omelet with hash browns for Don and biscuit & gravy for me), Needles museum (Don's newest best friend Jackie had been born and raised in Needles then worked for Costco in Washington...), then to the next door thrift store (Don bought two T-shirts and a denim shirt so he wouldn't have to go into deep storage for the remainder of the drive to Flagstaff) then to gas that had jumped to $3.899 per gallon for Biker Weekend so we drove back to town to get 5.57 gallons for $20.00 ($3.59/gal).
Then onward...to Topock the start (or end) of the longest stretch of Route 66 - Very popular for the bikers. They were everywhere. And there were even more of them congregated in Oatman (otherwise a cute little desert town I'd like to stop to see sometime). As we entered the town the parking lot outside was packed with bikes and bikers and got worse as we passed through trying to avoid bikes, walking bikers, burros and other cars trying to get through too.
Otherwise, it was a beautiful scenic drive. We arrived in Kingman around 3:00 and checked in to our selected motel (the coupon doesn't work during Kingman Hog Days of course but the manager found us some special discounts so we stayed). Then to the Mohave museum and a walk around downtown. It is very sad to see all the closed businesses and for sale or lease signs in the windows. A lot of businesses and homes are in disrepair all over.
Tomorrow to Flagstaff - onward we go.
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