Memories from the Road (Route 66 - California to parts of Arizona)
I want to write a bit about the road trip. It was fun and I definitely need to take the time to drive up the entire length of it and also give myself time to go on side trips and such. Or maybe do a section at a time.
Some of the highlights:
- eating this amazing strawberry donut from Donut Man in Glendora, CA. It looks really sweet but it wasn't at all. The coffee is ok. It's no Dunkin Donuts coffee but you don't go there for the coffee. Melle had a crazy raspberry filled on and when they say filled..well, that thing is STUFFED! with raspberry filling.
- stopped in Seligman and the people watching is excellent. A lot of tour buses stop there and people from all over the world are there. French, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, German, Mexico, etc. You name it! It was incredible. Also, stopping in Angel and Vilma's shop was great and being in Angel Delgadillo's barber shop was just awesome. I don't know if you watch GMA but they stopped there and talked to Angel. I cannot emphasize enough that you need to stop by that place. It's amazing!
- Driving!!! The whole point is driving and seeing things you will never see on Highway 40. You can get to these places off of the 40 but nothing compares to driving through Oatman, Arizona and taking the backroad through the mountain. It's breathtaking and incredible. Seeing the changing scenery from the flat, shrub and cactus covered desert to the pine forests of Arizona to the Grand Canyon - - well, there really are not words to describe it. You just have to do it.
- The People - the proprietors of the shops along Route 66, for the most part, are incredibly nice. One of the places we checked out was an antique shop in Williams, Arizona. Troy, the owner, was hilarious. He had an old camera from 1915 or so and couldn't get it open. Not sure how long he had the camera. I ended up figuring it out. It was SO cool!
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It was an old accordion style camera in excellent condition. That's Troy! He called himself "Vanna Black" for that picture :) LOL! But oh, it was so fun figuring out how that thing worked. Now I wish I had bought it just because! Might have to drive to Williams again :)
Things I wish I hadn't seen
- in Daggett, California there was an abandoned gas station and inside it was filled with racist graffitti. Awful! I'm not even writing what I saw but after I read some of it, I freaked out! bad bad vibes!
- On a funnier note, 2 mules going at it. Yup! 2 Mules! Not the two below but..yeah...that was not cool! ewww...forever burned into my memory. Seriously BURNED!!!
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- toured the Grand Canyon Caverns - which is not that close to the Grand Canyon but I guess has 3 week old Grand Canyon air filtering in from a cavern inside it. People have been married in the caverns and it is an archivists dream storage room. There was a old mummified bobcat and some fossilized rock. It's also a bomb shelter so if you are there when we are attacked by North Korea..well, you might be lucky!
- and visited Meteor Crater! Who knew a giant hole in the Earth created by a space rock could be so fascinating?!? Definitely worth visiting when you are hanging out in Flagstaff, AZ.
- and the Grand Canyon! Need I say anything except..WOW!!!
and now I'm back and at work and getting to work on some new lists.
Yesterday, ended up crafting a bit. Thanks to Vozchica and the Handmade Brigade for OC's Blades and I got some crafting in. Why did I drive all the way to Laguna Niguel? I don't know! It's free! Plus I wanted to meet Jackie and we also met Melissa Loschy. Super nice and great teachers. Here are the members of HBOC.Check out their etsy pages. I think some of them will be at the Renegade Craft Fair on July 11 and 12 at the CA Market Center. Definitely need to hit that up in July :)
So, here's what I made:
Today, the list is
- decoupage my bathroom cabinet
meet Jason for QT and coffeeGo to Work- watch "Away We Go"
- send care packages out
- wrap up my nephews birthday presents
- finish up Road Trip mix cd
- make mix cd cover (thank goodness I have photoshop on my work computer that I can use)
- finish grant application
- clean the kitchen
- find recipes for the figs I bought at the farmer's market
Last but not least
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! To all types of Dads out there. I miss you Dad!
Sorry no music with this post...Have a good one!
