After shopping for groceries and fuses for the chargers, we headed into another headwind up Route 66. To our amazement, literally hundreds of classic cars passed us heading into Kingman. Turns out the "Fun Run" is a huge annual event that attracts over 800 participants! We saw some pretty wild vehicles and people were lined up along the roadside, in the middle of nowhere. We talked to some very friendly Arizonians who agreed with us that we have to get off of fossil fuels as tons and tons of fossil fuel powered steel went flashing by us.
We ran into our first guy on a bike touring for 4 months alone. He was delightful and liked how color coordinated we were. He was losing his sense of time but keeping close track of how many calories he needed to buy and eat to cover his mileage. (250 calories per ten miles is what Willy figured.) He also had a bear canister strapped to his front rack where he kept all of his food.
In Peach Springs we stopped with the intention of overnighting but there was no campground and the hotel prices were too high.
We pushed ahead to Grand /Canyon Caverns where we are now set up in a very nice campground with internet that reaches out to our site! Very nice.
At least they admit it!
Motorhead mania in Kingman, AZ
1952 motorized Schwinn Whizzer - A classic
Feeling a little out of place
The place to be in Kingman today
Willy and his Bear Cannister/Fairing
Thanks for sharing your journey! Be safe! :)
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you've made it that far already! Looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is really something of our time! To be on the Route 66 sharing "the green idea". Who could imagine that a few years ago? Congrat!!!! Be save!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed my '52 Whizzer. It is the "Parade" model and comes with leather saddle bags, flags, and other accoutrements. It runs fine, but was brought down in the back of the '57 Chevy pickup, also shown in your photos.
ReplyDelete-Mike Kosters