Mileage upon leaving the Grand Canyon
Pat Tillman Bypass Bridge
Business on Historic Rte. 66 in Ash Fork Az
Yesterday's Resaurant
My Burger
Inside Yesterday's
Chloride Ghost Town
Hoover Dam
Got a pretty good nights sleep but was awake at 6 am at the Yavapai lodge. Got ready and went to breakfast around 7 am and had the "All American" breakfast of scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, English muffin (that doesn't sound American does it?) and coffee at the Canyon Cafe at the lodge. Why do some places think if you dice potatoes and fry them you can call them hash browns. I think of has browns and shredded potatoes. After breakfast went to the gift shop for some souvonoirs for family. Checked out, loaded up the car and headed for the Mather Overlook for one last look on my way out of the Grand Canyon.
Trekked over to Las Vegas with a stopover in Chloride, AZ for lunch at Yesterday's Restaurant. The building the restaurant is in dates back to 1860. Chloride is a little desert town about 4 miles off the highway. I had Yesterday's World Famous burger. It was pretty good, but doesn't beat Two Rows Blue Cheese Bacon Burger, I'm just saying. Chloride is "famous" for it's mountain murals, painted by hippies in the 60s. Today I think you call that Graffiti! You need an all-wheel drive to get up to the murals or walk 1-1/2 miles up the mountain to see them. I decided to pass on the privilege. I did walk through Chloride's "ghost town" and took some pictures.
After lunch in Chloride I headed toward Las Vegas and stopped at the Hoover Dam and Pat Tillman bypass bridge. I walked over the bridge and got some good shots of the dam. Then over the the dam where I walked over Hoover Dam, then got in my car and drove over it and back since you can't exit on the Arizona side. Got some good shots of the bridge from the dam,
From there, I drove on in to Las Vegas, about 30 miles, to the Rio Suite Casino Hotel where I stay tonight before heading on to Death Valley. It is a nice place as most of these types of hotels in Vegas are and the price was inexpensive relatively. One thing that always bugs me about these places is that they charge for the internet connection, by the number of machines, so my Laptop and iPod count as 2. You stay in a Motel 6 and get free WiFi! But they charge because they can and you don't have other options unless you are on a 3G plan with a smart phone, etc. I will probably venture on out to the "Casino" area and look for one of the many places to eat. I may even toss a quarter in a slot machine.
Samantha and I did fine on the trip to Vegas for the most part. She did get a little annoyed when I ventured off I-40 in Ash Fork to travel a section of Historic Route 66. She kept wanting me to get back on I-40, and after a couple of miles the Historic Route 66 section ended back at I-40 and she was happy again. I did notice she got a little confused in the Grand Canyon road system. I specifically told her where the campsite and the Yavapai lodge were so she could navigate us back there from some of our driving tours. Sometimes she would tell me to turn on such and such road in x miles and when I passed an intersection with some distance to go on her instructions she would start saying "Recalculating" as is I should have turned but didn't so I think the park roads confused her some. I guess she must not be much of an Outdoor type! She did get me to the hotel in Vegas with no problem though. ;-D
Tomorrow on the Death Valley National Park were the temps are in the 90s -100s the next two days. Since it is going be so hot I will probably take some driving tours around the park with some short hikes. I will drive north in the park to Scotty's Castle. Depending on when I get there tomorrow I may take in the Castle tomorrow afternoon..
See down the road.
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