I did omit word of the beautiful rainbow that greeted us as we entered Palm Springs. But was reminded as we had a beautiful rainbow greet us in Grand Canyon and of course another one today as we approached Monument Valley. Of course there is no rainbow without some rain and we got that also but for the most part it has been dry. We left Laughlin Nevada after another very extensive breakfast buffet. Headed back into the Mojave Desert. We climbed to a little town of Oatman where they cater to the tourists and often the burros come down out of the hills to say Hello. Unfortunately they did not come today. We shopped a bit and I ran into some fellow Calgarians and some people from Lacombe who know my cousin. So they took a picture and are going to say Hello for me.
In Oatman we also had a drink at a bar that had $1.00 bills pinned all over the walls. The best part though was leaving Oatman individually and running the hill to a small shop owned by George. We all lined up there for a photo. The curves were wonderful and I really got into it on this motorcycle. Wanted to go back and do it again. Part of the joy of doing a guided trip like this is that on your own you may never know these roads exist. When we left George's place we headed down Route 66 to Saligman for lunch I had bought a wet cool vest from Ken Maki and boy did it ever work. 103 degrees and I was fine.
The above picture was taken after the hailstorm just before Saligman. We arrived at Lilo's restaurant just in the midst of it..No power but we still had a marvellous lunch.
We wanted to see the Grand Canyon at sunset but settled instead for the sunset from my room. in Williams,Arizona. Grand Canyon tomorrow.
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