Chapter 5 - Day 42 - Back to Las Vegas (No photos)

 4/11 - We took our time this morning getting going. No big rush with nothing really happening today other than traveling back to Las Vegas. Ben flies out tomorrow morning.

The drive down Route 66 was rural, brown and deserty. We did cross the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam, but they block the view of the dam from that bridge. Glad we took all the pics the other day when we were there.

We're staying the night at the Las Vegas RV Park, a 370-ish site RV park. It's huge, and freaking HOT. Glad we have electric so we can run the A/C. 

Tomorrow I will drop Ben off in the morning at the airport and start the journey back home.

Chapter 5 - Day 41 - Bearizona and Roadkill Cafe

 4/10 - First stop was 'Standin' on the corner in Winslow Arizona' from the Take it Easy by The Eagles (also referenced in Route 66 by John Mayer/Chuck Berry).

Had to grab coffee at the Sipp Shoppe across the street.

And caught the sites out of town.

Bearizona was our next stop. It's a drive through, and walk through, outdoor zoo of all kinds of critters. Outside we drove through mule deer, reindeer, tundra and arctic wolves, bears (brown, black, grizzly, etc), and buffalo. Actually probably more but I've been drinking while writing this one. 

Williams, AZ has the World's Largest Collection of Fossilized Shit. AKA the Poozeum. Yes, we went. Yes, it was everything I expected and more.

We left Williams and headed Seligman, AZ where the Roadkill Cafe is. Definitely a staple Route 66 diner with amazing burgers.

Off to the Grand Canyon Cavern Inn and RV Park for the night.

Chapter 5 - Day 40 - Meteor Crater and Petrified Forest

 4/9 - Today was a crazy long day. We left Raptor Ranch in the morning and headed to the Petrified Forest National Park. Which means we took Route 180 through the mountains, past San Francisco Peak, into Flagstaff, then I40 to the Meteor Crater, Arizona Sake, Route 66 famous hotdogs, to the Petrified Forest, Jim's Petrified Wood, Inc. and back to Homolovi State Park for the night.

Road pics from Valle, AZ past the San Francisco Peak

Meteor Crater near Winslow/Holbrook.

Then coffee at the crater's coffee shop.

Ben sharing his coffee with the resident alien

Then to the only Sake maker in the US, Arizona Sake for a tasting and a few bottles were purchased.

THEN, we got Colonel Mustard's Hotdogs... Route 66 famous. So good.

Are you tired yet? We were, but we decided we'd still go to the Petrified Forest National Park and I'm so glad we did.

We raced to Jim's Petrified Wood, Inc. in Holbrook to grab ourselves a chunk o' wood and some other fun stuff.

Finally we headed to Homolovi State Park for the night. Got in just as the sunset was ending.