Sunday

Bill got to see Lake Havasu City today.  He has talked about it as a possible winter escape.  It sits on the Columbia River and Lake Havasu and is a year-round resort area.  The city is larger than we thought, it sports all the stores you would expect to find in civilization USA.  The downtown area has the London Bridge that you may have heard of --maybe 5 years ago--that was shipped over here from London.  Boating, fishing, hiking, jeeping, golfing and having sunshine are the main highlights.  The town looks very new and most homes are the same--single dwellings, all light stucco and built rather close together.  We only saw about 3 resorts that were 2 to 3 stories high.

We headed east this afternoon and took Route 66 for several hours.  Some of the towns along the route have really made the old buildings look like they may have looked in the 50's and 60's.  Tourists were out today in those towns. Most restaurants served food outside.   Motel signs advertised Roomy Rooms or private baths.  We only stopped in just 2 stores.  I didn't remember that James Dean was an icon for this road.  Cardboard cut-outs were of Dean and Elvis were everywhere.  Even some near  the entrance to the bathrooms.

Saw some great sandals by minneonka trimmed in Native American motifs.  Looked similar to a bracelet design.  Too  expensive for a vacation whim.

It was another beautiful day.  Trains were our constant companion on the tracks next to Route 66.  Sometimes an East bound train would pass a West bound train.  Certainly keeps trucks to a minimum.

Tomorrow we travel to New Mexico to visit Bill's cousin, Lynn Gilkey, who used to live in Cazenovia.