Left Ludlow early and made our way along a big stretch of Route 66. Stopped in Amboy at Roy's Cafe for a soda and some photos. On we went to our last stop in California, Needles where we had a coffee in the Wagon Wheel Saloon. Crossed into Arizona and found a nice stop in Kingman. The guy in the tourist info suggested we go to Williams so we did. We climbed to about 6000ft elevation to get there but were pleased we did. Williams (probably named after you Pen...

Left behind the madness of Vegas and picked up our little Ford Focus at lunchtime. Drove out to Lake Mead (not full of Mead but full of massive fish!). Then headed to Hoover Dam - Damn, it's big. Set of south on highway 95 one of those loooonnnggg straight desert road with tumbleweed rolling about. Crossed into California then over again into Arizona. Arrived in Lake Havasu City about 5 and the temp in the car read 103•. Checked into a Motel 6 right by the ...