Day 16 - Williams, Arizona to Kingman, Arizona

130 miles today mostly along the longest driveable section of the old Route 66. We left Williams under a beautiful blue Arizona sky:

We picked up Route 66 a few miles west of Ash Fork:

More stunning views:

First stop Seligman self proclaimed "Birthplace of Historic Route 66":

Banana malt at the famous Snow Cap diner:

Resisted the temptation to stop here though:

Onward to the Grand Canyon Caverns (actually nowhere near the Grand Canyon!) and a most interesting 3/4 mile guided tour over 200 feet underground. Ozzy Osborne once stayed in the room that used to be available for overnight accommodation. Perhaps most interesting of all was the huge stockpile of crackers and medical supplies put there in 1962 to support 2000 people for two weeks at the height of the Cuban missile crisis ..... and still sitting there along with pallets of water bottles put there in case the world ended with Y2K (the "Millenium Bug").

All perhaps to no avail as our guide told us that nobody has ever discovered where the fresh air that feeds the caverns comes from!

Last but not least we dropped by at the legendary Hackberry Stores to have a nose around and make one or two last minute purchases:

Kingman, Arizona for our final overnight stop of this road trip and to a Cracker Barrel Country Store for a home cooked all-American dinner.

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