June 4, 2017 - Route 66

Sunday--We reluctantly left the Brundiges behind and headed on up the road about 8:30 this morning.  Our first destination was the RoadKill Cafe in Seligman, Arizona, on old historic Route 66.

Breakfast was good, little pricey.  And of course there there was a gift shop.  The town of Seligman has several gift shops celebrating the old highway.  Right next to the cafe were storefronts of the bank, feed store, etc., and the jail.

Mazie blew a fuse in her CB right after we left the Brundiges but Joe was able to rig it up with some aluminum foil to get her back in communication.  Fuses goes on the shopping list.

Our next stop was the Grand Canyon Caverns near Peach Springs, AZ.  This is the country's largest "dry" caverns, no stalagmites or stalactites in here. A constant temperature of 57 degrees (which really felt good!) and zero humidity. We took an elevator down about 210 feet (22 stories) and had an hour-long guided tour.  These caves were discovered in 1927 and have been on Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures.

They also consider this a bomb shelter and store disaster supplies down here, enough for 2000 people for 2 weeks, I think he said.  And you can make a reservation for a small fee!

Also, you can spend the night down here in the suite.  I think that was $850 and they are almost always booked.  The suite includes 2 beds, a sofa and chair, dining table, tv and sound system.  They have a lot of weddings down here too.

We finished that tour (we received a "Certificate of Completion") and headed on down Route 66 to "Keepers of the Wild Nature Park", a rescue park for abused animals.  The walking tour was 1 1/2 to 2 miles and it was 99 degrees outside, so we opted out of that.  The next safari tour (riding in open-air trams) wasn't for an hour and a half, so we all decided to save this for another trip.  We browsed the gift shop, then headed on into Kingman, and called it a day.  We arrived at our campground, Zuni Village, about 3:00 p.m. and just hunkered down.  Too hot to do anything else.  We only drove 145 miles today, but we thought that was enough for a first day (I guess this is our second "first day").  But we left home last Thursday and we are not even out of the state of Arizona yet!