In all the years that I have been going to Palm Desert, I have never seen the desert in bloom…and not this year either.  Crossing “the Great Basin”, I wanted to see different scenery from our last trip 2 years ago, so Doug chose I-40…I think it was the same cactus as on I-10 two years ago. The Great Basin is just that – large and empty.

As a college student, Doug remembers all the Route 66 towns he drove through heading for the East Coast each summer…they were honky tonk towns and fun.  Seems we have lost a lot of our culture and  replaced it with the Interstate Highway system.  Too bad both couldn’t survive. Williams, Arizona has adapted and is a successful and entertaining travel oasis just along I-40 and ON route 66!                                                                      

We ate at a “wine & beer garage” in Williams called South Rim Garage.  Interesting beers.  We tried a sour, wheat, coffee, and pale ale flight.  The RV Park we stayed in was the Grand Canyon RV Park.  It was very new and clean but basically a parking lot.

“View from my window” a Bounder Coach.