Sat 7th & Sun 8th June - LA Galaxy & Homeward Bound

Hollywood sign - taken from the Hollywood & Highland Centre.
Come on the Galaxy! Good game! We love you David!

That can't be good! Entrance to LAX, flight home getting nearer! (Although at that point I think we all wanted to be at home!)

Friday 6th June - Santa Monica

As the end of the route is in Santa Monica we decided to spend the day at the beach.
The common concensus was that we should've based ourselves here instead of Hollywood. There seemed to be a better vibe going on.

Done it! That plaque is the end of Route 66 and thereby the end of what we set out to do on May 25th. Total miles clocked in the car was 2,607.

Not bad, not bad at all!

About10 minutes after this pic was taken we saw Vinny Jones!

Thursday 5th June - Leaving Las Vegas

Today was reminiscent of the day after Albuquerque as we left Las Vegas and headed for Los Angeles. Slight difference today was that we'd be dropping the car off and the "roadtrip" would be complete.

From Burbank (car drop off point) we got a cab to the Hollywood Orchid Suites (right behind Hollywood Boulevard) and checked in for the final leg of our trip.

Las Vegas

Three nights in Vegas obviously kicked off with a few beers and some gambling.

All three nights we stumbled upon "Margaritaville" as they had an awesome house band. "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Save a horse, ride a cowboy" were set highlights.

Dueling piano's at the piano bar in Harrah's were visited two nights. Really good atmosphere in there.

View from the front of Circus Circus
Circus Circus all lit up!

Las Vegas is too big to take in 3 days, that's why I want to again and again.

It's all quality, over the top quality, I love it!

Monday 2nd June - Off the route to Vegas baby!

Up and at 'em we were today as we would be leaving the route behind for a detour to Las Vegas. We stopped to see the Hoover Dam before getting on the road once more to finish the trip to Sin City.
I took this photo standing in two states!

Our Vegas home! (Circus Circus)

Sunday 1st June - Grand Canyon then Kingman, AZ

Anyone who goes to the canyon should do a flight over it. The views are amazing. Having said that, doing a flight if you don't feel very well is at your own caution!
Colorado River running through the canyon

We took advice from the guy at the tours place and he said we would be better off staying in Kingman rather than Seligman. With this advice on board we left the canyon and headed for Kingman. We visited Seligman and it was a really nice little town. We then drove the old route loop via Peach Springs to Kingman. Again, the scenery is top draw.

A visit to Walmart, and then we checked into another Motel 6. Dinner was at JB's and it was pretty good. We went to pick up some beer and snacks and then played poker and watched TV.

Saturday 31st May - Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona then drive to the Grand Canyon

After an early night, we opted for an early start as we had designs on seeing Winslow, Flagstaff and Williams before staying at the Grand Canyon village that night.

After we all had pictures "Standing on a corner" we were on our way. We visited the meteor crater en-route to Flagstaff, that's a big crater!


We arrived at the Grand Canyon village late afternoon and checked into the Red Feather Lodge. We went for a drive up to the Canyon itself and we were all amazed by it. (Like millions of other people no doubt!) A walk around, a few snaps and we headed back to the village to book a flight over the canyon the following day.

Dinner that night was ok, nothing special. However, special mention should go to the biggest serving of Garlic Mushrooms ever!