Get your kicks on route 66

If you ever plan to motor west
Take my way, that's the highway that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66.


It's a lazy morning in Vegas. It's noon by the time we leave and then we drive around looking at the city. I guess Vegas is just not a morning city. We drive through Hoover Dam. It's an engineering marvel - any engineer will gawk at this :-). But traffic is slow and backed up. The heat is way up there with the temperature seldom below 110.

We drive into Williams and Route 66. If you don't know about Route 66, watch the movie Cars. Calvin is excited and is looking around to spot Doc Hudson and the Sherrif. It's a quaint town and it looks like in the movie.

We camp on the South rim at the Mather campground. The weather is pleasant and the campground is serene and peaceful. Most important, the restrooms are spotlessly clean. I am amazed at the number of birds around. We sleep with the top of our tent open and can see millions of stars. The morning brings a surprise visitor - an elk who is hanging around our campsite. We sit silently watching him and he wanders away after a while.