the last leg - August 19th, 2006

From the Grand Canyon we drove straight to California. We decided to skip Las Vegas because we thought it would be better to see the city when we were not loaded down with all of our stuff. We were able to drive on Historic Route 66 for part of the journey which we were reminded of about every 2 miles by the numerous signs that were posted. However at one point it became a dirt road that was extremely bumpy and undriveable so we turned around and got back on the interstate. We made it to Barstow, California, which is about 1.5 hours from our destination. We stayed at a really cheap motel for the night and went to Denny's for supper. We're getting more American by the minute.