We are half way through our trip and at this point and have survived being in a car together without killing each other. It has been an adventure up to this point and today would fair no different. After all we still had a half day drive to reach our destination of Las Vegas, NV. Awaiting us there was my mom, sister and her husband and just behind us on the road would be my dad and his wife. They would be there to help us celebrate our impending wedding the next day. We also had a date night planned with Criss Angel at his Believe show, so time was of the essence.
Flagstaff, AZ was our resting place for the night before and we awoke to temps in the 50’s which was going to be nice, but turned out to be short lived as we headed to temps that would be hovering near 100. As mentioned, we had time to make up and something that hadn’t been noted about driving along the modern version of Route 66(Interstate 40 in Arizona) is that the legal speed limit is 75. Mainly only truck traffic and long stretches of straight road so for those daring or running radar detector so there was fun at high speeds to be had. One of our goals today would be to take the exit at Crookton Rd. and travel along the longest stretch of the original Mother Road all the way to our turn north in Kingman, AZ.
Today would be the day we ate a proper breakfast and decided to look for something special along the long stretch of Route 66. Upon driving through Seligman, AZ we were on the lookout for a place to eat. Nothing will catch your eye better then a sign that says Roadkill Café, now will it?! Located in the middle of town right next to one of the original motels from the early days of the Route, this would be our breakfast adventure.
The Cafe was a true souvenir trap with everything imaginable having Route 66 printed on it and, of course, the restaurant itself looked like a theme restaurant with their souvenirs. Every aspect of roadkill was covered right down to the choices on the Menu. Luckily they had the actual description along with it but the meal names were fun to read. After perusing the menu I decided on the One-eyed Dog Hit in the Fog and Ashley went with the Guess That Mess. I will be nice here and explain that mine was French Toast with bacon on the side. They use the big slices of Texas toast which is tough enough to hold large amounts of syrup without getting soggy and the bacon was cooked just right. The Mess that Ashley was feasting on was actually an omelet with hash browns, sausage and other ingredients mixed in and the final take on it was described as being very yummy and filling. Of course, the whole time we are sitting in the Cafe we were staring at souvenirs so being. Being the tourists we were, I purchased a nice little Route 66 sign to hopefully adorn a man cave wall one day. With our belly full we left with the anticipation of reaching Las Vegas in a few hours.
No trip near the Grand Canyon would be complete without a stop at Hoover Dam though, and by this time the heat had become so unbearable it was a good time to give the car a break and ourselves one as well. Upon informing friends via Facebook of where we were, the jokes from the movie National Lampoons Vegas Vacation came pouring in. We didn’t do the dam tour, but marveled at the creation from the outside, and along with that view was the new massive bridge that went over the top of it. Our next stop, and final destination, Las Vegas was well within our sites.
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