October 28, 2007 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Old Route 66, Coconino & Mohave Counties, Arizona This particular section of Old Route 66 runs between Ash Fork and Kingman in Coconino and Mohave Counties in northern Arizona.   I 1920erne blev USAs første interstate landevej anlagt. Den gik fra Chicago til Los Angeles gennem otte stater, og landevejen fik navnet Rute 66, eller i folkemunde, Amerikas Hovedgade. I dag er store dele af Gamle Rute 66 opslugt af nye og større motorveje, og andre dele ligger forslidte og forladte hen. Men hist og pist findes der stadig en strækning af den gamle landevej, der lever nogenlunde uforandret videre. En af disse sjældne strækninger ligger mellem Ash Fork og Kingman i Arizona, og i dag havde vi fornøjelsen af at køre lige præcis ned ad den vej.... In the 1920s the first U.S. interstate highway was established. It went from Chicago to Los Angeles through eight states and was named Route 66, or Main Street of America. Today large parts of Old Route 66 have been swallowed up by new and larger interstates, and other parts are now abandoned and tattered. But here and there you may find a stretch of the old highway that lives on relatively unchanged. One of those rare stretches lie between Ash Fork and Kingman in Arizona, and today we had the priveledge of driving right down that road....     DeSoto's Beauty & Barber Shop, Old Route 66, Ash Fork, Arizona     Burma-Shave skilte i massevis... Burma-Shave signs abound...

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Diner, Old Route 66, Seligman, Arizona Delgadillo's Snow Cap Diner, som vi elsker.... Vi fik den triste nyhed i dag, at Robert "Bob" Delgadillo (herunder i midten) døde i juni - Vi skylder ham en stor gæld i latter og munterhed! Delgadillo's Snow Cap Diner, which we love.... We got the sad news today that Robert "Bob" Delgadillo (below center) died in June - We owe him a huge debt of laughter and merriment!

Den eneste "ægte" gamle bygning her i den anden ende af Seligman er fængslet, i sin tid Arizona Territorial Jail, bygget i 1860. The only "real" old building here in the other end of Seligman is the jail, once the Arizona Territorial Jail, which was built in 1860.       Roadkill Cafe, Old Highway 66, Seligman Vi kunne slet ikke modstå Roadkill Cafe, hvor de serverer morgenmad, frokost og aftensmad under devisen "De kører det over, vi griller det." We couldn't possibly resist the Roadkill Cafe, where they proudly serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner under the slogan "You kill it, we grill it."   Vi bestilte "Kyllingen, Der Næsten Nåede Over Vejen".... We ordered "The Chicken That Almost Crossed The Road"....

Herude går Gamle Rute 66 langs med jernbanen. Out here Old Route 66 runs along the railroad.

Camping/Boondocking Information We are boondocking at the Flying J Truck Stop on Old Route 66 at I-40, Exit 53 in Kingman, Arizona.   More Arizona Travel Information Here   A BIT EARLIER TOMORROW