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Since we had never been in the Kingman, AZ area, which also has some of the original Route 66, we decided to spend a few days checking out the area.
We checked into Blake Ranch RV Park, about 12 miles east of Kingman, on Saturday and got all settled in for a few days. The park was rather quick as it was the Christmas holiday. There were a few snowbirds and there were a few overnighters coming and going. Nice campground and great for overnighting.
On Sunday we took a little road trip to the old mining town of Oatman, AZ.
This little town has some tourist attractions including some regular residence, burros, who will beg for food at every opportunity.
One of them even befriended Robin even though she didn't have any food to offer.
Several of the old store fronts now offer all kinds of touristy stuff including some really nice local art and crafts.
The scenery was great on the way up and back.
The next day we headed in the other direction to the little town of Seligman, AZ for some breakfast at the Road Kill Café.
A review of the menu was on the wall when we entered.
We had breakfast and then headed out of some of the original Route 66 that would take us back into Kingman.
The next day was Christmas Eve so we stayed in the RV park and Robin fixed us a great Prime Rib dinner with mashed tators and veggie.. YUM!!!!
Christmas Day we got up early and headed home as Robin had to be at work the next day.
The trip home was uneventful except for and occasional wind gust.
An end to another great mini vacation. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
See you next year.
Here is a link to more of the pictures we took along the way, enjoy!
More Route 66
This has become an annual event for us every year on Thanksgiving weekend. I think this is our fourth year going to this RV Park.
We started out at our usual 4am depart time, the weather was good.
Our first stop in Peggy Sue's Diner, north of Barstow, for breakfast and to also give Buddee his breakfast and walk. We arrived at the Diner a little before 6am so we fed Bud and he got his walk in before we had breakfast, Diner opens at 6am.
With everyone fed we are off to Pahrump. We go to Baker and hang a left headed to Shoshone. It is a nice two lane road across the desert. It is usually a busy weekend for off-roaders dry camping along the road. This year was no different and we saw several little cities of all kinds of RV's and off road vehicles along the road.
We hung a right at Shoshone and arrived at Lakeside RV Park in Pahrump at about 10am.
We love this campground for its fall colors.
After we got checked-in and got setup we called friends who have recently retired to the community of Pahrump. We then joined Eldon and Nancy for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner at Preferred RV Park in Pahrump. We had a great time visiting and enjoying the traditional Turkey and dressing.
Usually we head into Death Valley for a day trip of sightseeing, but this year we decided to check out Mt Charleston and the snow. It is nice to just visit snow and not have to live in it.
So Friday that's what we did. It was a nice drive and I have added a few photos of the day trip.
This is heading up Kyle Canyon with Mt Charleston up ahead.
As we got closer the snow got deeper.
This was up at the Lodge area. We didn't see any ski lifts open, but did see some sledding going on.
The return trip back to the main highway we headed down Lee Canyon.
On Saturday we met with Eldon and Nancy at the Nugget for a morning brunch and then they joined us at the MH for a nice afternoon visit.
Sunday we were up early and headed for home after a great weekend.
