We stayed at a beautiful Hampton Inn in Kingman, AZ last night. I couldn’t believe how big the room was for such a good price. We got in around 9pm (pst) and immediately took showers to wash off the desert highway dirt from our 250 mile motorcycle ride.
Since it was so early, we hooked up the fire stick and watched an episode of Orange is the New Black. We just started so we’re only on season 1, episode 11. It was nice to have a beer and relax. We also slept in this morning. Well, almost slept in. I woke up around 8:30am to the crash of a garbage truck outside the hotel. It sounded like thunder and I jumped awake and woke up Eddie. That man puts up with so much ❤️
Since we were up, we figured we’d head back out to get our kicks on Route 66. I really don’t know what that actually means. We followed the route until we got to The Trovatore motel. It boasts that it has the longest Route 66 map. After walking around the hotel for 10 minutes looking for it, I realized that the map was painted on the concrete/stucco exterior of the hotel! While it was cool to see during the day, it would have been even better at night when the neon was lit up.
From the hotel, we drove through the Route 66 post office and on to Mr. D’z Diner for breakfast. They had the best homemade caramel root beer. We were going to buy some to take home but they said they don’t bottle it anymore. The breakfast was delicious and the diner was decorated in 60s decor.
After breakfast we went across the street to the Powerhouse Visitor Center to get our passports stamped. They gave us a couple of pieces of turquoise with our passport stamps. The visitor center is in an old powerhouse building, which provided electricity to northwest Arizona before the Hoover Dam took over. The building now serves as a visitor center, Route 66 Museum and the world’s only Electric Vehicle Museum. We walked through the whole place and took pictures of all of the displays, cars and neon signage.
Right before we left, I went to use the bathroom while Eddie went to look at power/electrical stuff. When we met up again he had that look on his face. That look where he knows he did something stupid and he doesn’t want me to get mad. Apparently he decided to play with Jeff, his new pet cactus that Meg and Dan gave us the other night in Glendale, AZ. Jeff has been living in his pot in the cup holder of the car. Eddie seemed to think he was drying out. He’s a CACTUS!! That’s practically their job. I’m not quite sure what transpired next, but the end result was his lips were covered in cactus needles which I then proceeded to pluck out with tweezers. Never a dull moment with this guy.
Before getting back on the road, we stopped at a Mobile station to get gas. We had about 1/4 of a tank and gas was $3.599 per gallon. We added 17.613 gallons for $63.39.
On our way to Vegas now. Can’t wait! 
