Today as I was leaving my hotel in Flagstaff, AZ, I saw a white horse next door. I went over to her and she walked over to me and let me rub her nose. I took her picture and posted …
Route 66: Meteor Crater! (17-of-20) Read more »
When I was driving to Flagstaff, AZ, today, I saw the exit for Lake Havasu and London Bridge. I remembered that when the Brits were going to replace the bridge, a wealthy benefactor brought the bridge to the US and …
Route 66: Arcadia, CA, to Flagstaff, AZ (16-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday, I attended taping of the Chelsea Lately show. Chelsea Handler is one of my favorite comedians. She’s the best-selling author of My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands and Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea. In her …
Route 66: Taping of Chelsea Lately and a Taste of Traffic (15-of-20) Read more »
One of the biggest highlights of this trip must be watching the taping of Jeopardy! I left my hotel 75 minutes before I had to be at the Sony Studios in Culver City, which would have been plenty of time—if …
Route 66: Live Taping of Jeopardy! (14-of-20) Read more »
I went on a stars’ homes tour on Monday, which originated at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. In front of the theatre, Superman, The Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, and the clowny thing from Saw posed for pictures. A sign warns that these characters …
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I took a walk to the Santa Monica Pier this morning and saw a multitude of homeless people in various degrees of awakening. Affluent people stroll and jog past the homeless as if they aren’t there. I saw a nice …
Route 66: Santa Monica Pier (12-of-20) Read more »
Santa Monica is the official end/beginning of Route 66. It should have taken about four hours to get to Santa Monica. . . . Unfortunately, I took a route that went northwest instead of southwest! Then, because I wanted to …
Route 66: Barstow, CA, to Santa Monica, CA!!!! (11-of-20) Read more »
I recorded lots of notes from yesterday’s ride and for some reason, I can’t retrieve them. So, I’ll try to remember yesterday. . . . Seligman, AZ, is a cute town with a funny gift shop area that has old …
Route 66: Williams, AZ, to Barstow, CA (10-of-20) Read more »
Yesterday I got my first look at really big mountains, the San Francisco Peaks. It was raining so the mountains were beautiful shades of purple and grey. In Flagstaff, I hunted down one of the motels we stayed in when …
Route 66: Gallup, NM, to Williams, AZ (9-of-20) Read more »
The landscapes are more and more beautiful with orange hues and dramatic shading. The Sandia Mountains are breathtaking. New Mexico has “living snow fences.” I found that living snow fences are trees, shrubs, or grasses that create a vegetative barrier …
Route 66: Santa Rosa, NM, to Gallup, NM (8-of-20) Read more »
