Day 14 - May 14 2010 - Grand Canyon to Kingman

We got an early start around 9:30, OK Early for us. We had one or two stops to make in the park along the canyon rim before heading South to Williams, AZ. We departed the park in full winter gear, as the overnight temp was around +2C and by 9:30am around +8C, by the time we arrived in Williams it was up to +18C, so off with the Winter gear, much of the trip has been extremes ever in wind or in temperature.

Made a brief stop in Williams to take a look at the old Harvey House at the Williams Station which is now the hotel for the Grand Canyon RR.

On to Ash Forks, the flagstone capital of the US, they cut rock slabs into Flagstone, lots of Flagstone, too.

Just West of Ash Forks is the start of the longest untouched parts of old Route 66, which is about 128miles from there to Kingman. Old 66 crosses over the BNSF RR line just to the East of Seligman there was a East Bound double stack coming so we waited to get it on video before arriving at the Rusty Bolt in Seligman. [http://www.rustybolt66.com/] Check out this very cool place on Route 66. We were there for about 30 minutes before sitting off West bound. Next stop would be Grand Canyon Caverns.

Started looking for gas in Peach Springs, NONE so 7 miles down the road to Truxton and an old service station with regular unleaded, our bikes need 91 premium gas, so we added the octane boost to our tanks and we are good to go. Ben is still having a starting problem with his bike, which I think is related to "bad gas".

Our last stop before Kingman was of course at the Hackberry General Store in Hackberry, AZ, we were there for close to an hour. I had to play with Max and Molly who are the two very spoiled resident (inside) dogs. Max was abandoned by someone (thrown out of a car window), so at 9 he is a bit slow, but I love this guy so much it was very hard for me to leave.

We arrived in Kingman at +31C so the heat of the desert was "ON".