"Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino"
After leaving the blue rinse brigade behind at Loughlin a around 12.00 off we set back to where we left off yesterday, just outside Oatman. (The western town with wild burros.) The route was very similar to the previous stretch wide, up & down single road with either very far views of widely open country side or to the left rocks and cliff faces reaching to the sky. We crossed the Colorado river and into California towards Needles. They call it Needles because at this point its very hot and prickly. This is the starting point of the Mojabe desert. what can you say about the desert except its full of sand with small palm trees. Ok scrub, snakes, critters and in some cases people. What they do out here i have no idea. We stopped a number of times to take photos of the area.
On this part of the route passers by have left signs, I had picked up a few tips from the local indians. On a slightly ditch running parallel to the road messages had been left with the outline of stones. Some painted the majority not. Others had put their names from used coloured bottles that glittered in the sunlight. We decided not to leave a message as we wanted to stop further on and add our own type of greeting.
Another shoe tree. Kev left one of his shoes and had to hop the rest of the way. I left my cap with written message. Sorry i can not tell you what it was you will just have to go see it for yourself. A few miles further on we came across a tree full of Bra's. Wonders never cease. Mog and i left two pair of used skids.
Onwards to Cardiz Summit and down to Chambless, Amboy and Bagdad. The Bagdad Cafe is just a bit further along but we stopped at Ludlow for a bite to eat in a old road side dinner made some friendly talk with the waiter and off. We found a picture shot being completed at Roys Cafe & Motel with old classic US cars so we stopped and took pictures.
Then it came upon us like a mirage the legendary "Bagdad Cafe".
What a disappointment!
The waitress and cook we spoke to i found a little difficult to understand sometimes but the cafe could have done with a bit of work while retaining its character. But it was worth the stop.
Most of the rest of the miles covered were by Interstate as the road is not complete and we were running late, as usual.
We arrived in San Bernardino around 2100hrs found accom and settled in for the night.
Mileage: 3164 miles
1 comment:
u've still got arnie havnt u??
its all rainy, my school shoes are soaked.
bleurgh
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