TEXAS IN TIME FOR TURKEY Day 7 & 8 October 8 & 9, 2009 Wells,NV to Sedona, AZ

Thursday and Friday have been travel days as we have to be in Sedona around 4 PM on Friday. We had booked ourselves into a rehab centre just outside of Sedona. We are both a little travel weary and will welcome the rest.

The amount of miles we have left ourselves does not allow for a lot of stopping for things like pictures. The road through Nevada was pretty flat and straight which made for easy driving and we made good time. The scenery started to change as we got closer to Las Vegas. The mountains were closer and the landscape was a bit more rugged.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

We followed Highway 93 south right into Vegas and much to my surprise Kathy did not insist we stop and hit one of the casinos. We did stop in Vegas but it was at camping world as we needed a few necessities.

We decided to push on and head to Kingman, AZ for the night which meant we had to cross the Hoover Dam. Since 9/11 all vehicles are stopped prior to crossing the bridge for an inspection and all RV’s are searched. We were fortunate as the time of day we were crossing it was not busy and we weren’t held up that long. We also got a look at the new bridge they are building so that you will not have to cross the bridge.  It is pretty amazing.

The border between Nevada and Arizona is on the dam so after crossing we were in Arizona. The drive from the dam to Kingman took us through desert the entire way. It was pretty barren and the only animals that live there is the Big Horned Sheep but we didn’t see any. We hit Kingman around 7PM found a RV Park and settled in for the night.

Friday found us heading for Sedona along Interstate 40 and again we weren’t in a position to stop and take a lot of pictures. However we did get a couple of the landscape.

We stopped for lunch at Seligman, AZ which is the starting point of the Historic Hwy 66. This is not the start of the original Hwy 66 but the Hwy between Seligman and Flagstaff is some of the only original highway left. We stopped for lunch and I had a burger.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I didn’t ask what kind of burger.

We left Seligman and headed for Sedona with a quick stop in Flagstaff for groceries. We then turned south off of Interstate 40 onto Hwy 89A. We arrived in Sedona around 5PM, headed for the resort and settled in. We will be here for the week.