Route 66 – Driving the Mother Road – Kingman to Needles

 Route 66 – Driving the Mother Road – Kingman to Needles

We’ve stopped in Kingman a zillion times before on our way to and from US-40, and I’ve already written several blogs about our stops there, but we really never tire of seeing it all again. Plus, we’ve never visited Kingman as the first stop heading west on Route 66. We’re excited to be celebrating the Mother Road’s centennial birthday.

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Discovering Nevada – Caliente

Discovering Nevada – Caliente

Heading back home from camping in Cathedral Gorge, we intended to stop in Caliente for just a minute, planning to take a couple of photographs of the town’s historic railroad station. Then we met Rick Phillips, the volunteer docent at the town’s Heritage Boxcar Museum, and we ended up spending two hours.

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South to the Algarve

South to the Algarve

Our time with our friends was short. We only had two days to spend before heading back to Lisbon to catch our plane home. Axel rented a car, and Brit put on her ‘tour guide’ hat, and the next morning we headed to beautiful Ponta da Piedade, a rocky cape that sits about 10 minutes south of Lagos.

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