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Route 66: Day 2 - Needles,CA to Flagstaff, AZ

By JamesW on May 14, 2008 in Travel Blog

The RV Park in Needles was a welcome respite after blowing a spark plug on a busy freeway. LA did not want us to go, and ran some of its best defensive block plays in it’s playbook, until we were almost at route 15. We finally escaped her gravitational pull, and had relatively clear sailing, arriving in Needles about 9pm. We were exhaused, so had a quick bite to eat then to sleep. In the morning, we found we were within a few yards of the RV Park’s pool, so took a refreshing dip. We then packed up the Beastie, and hit the road.

The drive to Flagstaff was relatively uneventful, except for some high winds now and then. It was odd to see the pavement become so much nicer once out of CA (has Arnie been dipping into the highway funds again?). With some high-tech research, we ID’d a RV Park that looked secluded, relatively inexpensive, and would spar us from going all the way into Flagstaff. We called ahead, then checked into the Ponderosa Pines RV park. Our spot was pretty secluded, without any neighbors to the immediate right and left of us. We decided to fire up a charcoal roasted chicken for the Mom that was aboard (it was “Mothers Day” after all - see image gallery). We went to sleep with the wind wispering through the pines, and the sounds of a distant freight train (about every 20 minutes - but far enough away not to be annoying).