We traveled a good stretch of Route 66 from Ash Fork, AZ to Kingman, AZ. Trading in nostalgia seems to be the main business in the small towns along this road.
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| Ash Fork, AZ. |
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| Seligman, Az. |
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| They serve buffalo burgers in Seligman. |
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| Seligman. One of these mannequins was dressed as Elvis. |
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| Mike waiting for the elevator to descend 210 feet into the earth. The first visitors to the cave were lowered on ropes. They were called dopes on a rope. History of the caverns: http://www.gccaverns.com/about/history/ |
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| The caverns are so dry (humidity 6%) that this poor guy died and mummified after falling in. There is no life in the caverns due to the dryness - no bugs, no bacteria, nothing. |
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| My best impersonation of a mummified bobcat. |
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| During the Cold War years, the cave was set up as a fall out shelter capable of sheltering 2,000 people. The food, water, and toilet paper remains. |
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| An old fossil on a petrified log, outside the caverns. |
After the caverns, it was time to head back to Vegas, But not before a few more side trips. First, we bounced down a dirt road for five miles to see the ghost town of Mineral Park, AZ. Then we stopped to photograph a medical marijuana dispensary. I never saw one of those before. I would have gone inside for a look around, but I didn't have a prescription. Finally, we stopped to look around a junk yard. Things don't rust away in the desert, so these old cars were in pretty good shape. Check out the Youtube video of the junk yard.
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| Mineral Park, AZ. |
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| All you need is a prescription from Dr. Feelgood! |
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| I wonder how much they are asking? |
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| Nice grill. |
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