The old Route 66 in this remote section has nothing special, no unique landscape viewing or something like that, it itself is the destination of the road-trip.
I drove this route several time instead of taking the main I-40.
This time, April 2023, I came here to visit and hike Havasupai village and waterfalls.
Route 66 represent
a romantic memory from the time it was used to travel all the way (2,448 miles)
from Chicago, Illinois in the east to Santa Monica, California ocean front in
the west.
The highway
became “famous” during WW2 and kept its nostalgic icon since then.
For some the
highway symbolizes escape and the hope of a new beginning heading west and for
others the “good old America” that was left behind when the new highways system
was paved, living behind thrive communities and cities to get fall apart
overtime.
I really like
the Pixar animated film Cars that represent this.
This 88-mile-long
section of Route 66 is heading to the northern section of Arizona just south of
the Colorado river and the Grand Canyon.
For another blog covering the drive from Las Vegas:
The road from Las Vegas (NV) to the Grand Canyon (AZ)Related Blogs:
The view from
the road is not so special, mainly flat arid cuttle grassland, but there are
few stops along the drive that worth stopping.
They are more
like Route 66 “tourist traps”, but they are nice one and fun to stop at.
I stopped in
Hackberry General Store, Valentine Station, in the small semi-deserted town of
Truxton and then I reach Peach Springs.
The following
day we went to Grand Canyon Caverns to get our Havasupai hiking permit but did
not visit the caverns.
Note: Fill your
gas before entering this road section, there are gas stations but not sure they
operate all day long.
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