Heading Back to AZ - Part 2

Still heading south on 395, but the mountains are not as high....

but still have character.

We resisted taking any dirt roads along the way and Don

kept the pedal to the metal.

We enjoyed  Little Lake Mary on the fly... 

and resisted the turn off for Amboy where we'd been before.

It is worth a visit if you're in the area.  It is located in the Mohave

Desert south of Hwy 40 between Newberry Springs & Needles CA on

Route 66.

The volcano located here erupted 10,000 years ago and the crater is  250' deep.

The area is designated as a National Natural Landmark and

was recognized as a World Heritage Site in May of 1973.

This had no designation, it was just interesting to me so

I took a closer look with my i-phone.

Before we knew it, the highway split and we veered left on

395 south, but wouldn't go to San Bernardino... don't do large cities!!!

A trio of bikers was following behind as we took a cut-off

which was narrow and didn't offer many passing opportunities.

One biker kept standing up on his bike to see farther down the road,

so I took a picture of him in my rear view side mirror.

The noise got louder and Don eased to the right a little.

As they raced by, all the guys gave him a thank you wave. 

Soon were back to 18 wheeler time on Highway 58 towards AZ...

Loved this guys patriotic truck.  Looked like the flag was flying

as fast as he was when he passed us by.

Crossing the Colorado and

entering AZ.  Time to fill up with fuel now that we are

out of CA.

The "Needles" are a prominent feature just after you cross the river.

Our last night was spent in Kingman AZ.

I've always enjoyed the scenery around Kingman.

Well, since you've seen all this on our way to CA, 

I'm going to read my book for the rest of the trip.

To wrap things up for our 1963 mile 10 day marathon round trip to CA, I prepared

this map for your information.  You can bet I won't be asking Don

to "take me for a ride" anytime soon!!!