Today as we left Kingman we found the historic part of town, we should have gone a little further last night.
We followed route 66 to Oatman, through the desert and up a winding road. The bike got hot for the first time I noticed, the heat and the slow climb was almost too much, it cooled quickly when we started down the other side.
This is what happens to a vehicle if it drops off the edge of the road.
Oatman is a cool western town with wooden boardwalks with verandah, there were burros all up and down the street. One tried to eat the step of my helmet and I grabbed it just as it was about to disappear. We had two try to get into everything in our top box while we were getting a drink, I think they liked the smell of our grapes.
We had a look in an old hotel that had one dollar bills stapled on almost every surface, it was impressive wallpaper.
I have not been needing my cooling cloth lately but put it on again as we left, it was hot!
We passed through Laughlin and the river there looked so inviting, I would have had a paddle with all my bike gear on to cool off.
Not long out of Laughlin we stopped at a gas station for a drink, I bought 2 gator aids and a gallon of water. One gator aid disappeared quick! Then we poured 3 litres of water over ourselves and our jackets to cool off.
When I picked up the bike again the temperature on the display read 122 degrees F that's 50 degrees celcius !
After checking in at the motel in Vegas we dropped into the pool to cool off, the pool was warm too. Our dinner was at the Heart Attack Grill, everyone is put into hospital gowns and surged by nurses. Drinks come in syringes or I.V. bags on a pole. Vicki's margarita came with the alcohol in a prescription bottle.
Those that did not finish their meal had their backside paddled by the nurses, and some of them gave it their all! Needles to say I ate all of my "double by-pass burger". A look up Freemont st was next, and there were some interesting sights. Buskers were everywhere and there were 3 bands playing on different stages. The overhead light display was very cool to. It's said to have over a million lights.
The WiFi at the motel was non-existent, that is why the blog had a bit of a hold up.
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