After Grand Canyon, we didn't have that much time and hundreds of miles to drive over the next two days. We were not going to go back to Las Vegas, but to Williams, then Kingman, Barstow then LA along the Route 40 ( a highway) and incidentally along the old Route 66 too. Williams, AZ was fun, we stumbled across some vintage car show and it was like stepping back in time. 30's, 40's, 50's cars were great, what a shame I had left my camera in the boot. Kingman, AZ was forgettable except for Mr D'z Dinner, a cute caf' where we had breakfast ( thanks to the Rough guide to South West USA). Before Barstow Christian was bored with the higway so we continued on the route 66, not well maintained, but we came across the Bagdad Café from the 1988 film "Out of Rosenheim" in English It had been very susessful in France so the walls were covered with cards from French tourists!!! Strange in such a barren land.
Driving back to Thousand Oaks we crossed the Mojave Desert again, Joshua trees still lurking in the background. We avoided Los Angeles this time, Palmdale, Santa Clarita and the 126 to Ventura at last, then Moorpark, and Thousand Oaks! What a week!
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