there was another dude there in his Miata taking this same shot of himself - so we swapped cameras and helped each other out.

Day 10
Desert Hot Springs, a Ghost town and Las Vegas

Today started out in Palm Spring Nissan. Big props to Alex and Chris who swapped the Esther, brake fluid, and a bunch of filters. Alex also fixed a squeak i was hearing with either the shocks or the swaybars.. anyhow nice job.

I drove out through the desert through a small town called Barstow and to a little old mining town where i panned for a couple ounces of silver.

then from there - across more desert with a ton of other people into Las Vegas...

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What happens in Las Vegas, Stays in Las Vegas...

So what happen??? :bowrofl:

:facepalm::facepalm:

Vegas?!!?

:worthless:

Day 11
Hoover Dam and Historic Route 66

I left the lights behind and headed to the Hoover Dam. I got a private tour from the Deputy Area Manager of the Dept of Interior - very special. got to go into all kinds of restricted areas. That place is pretty awesome.

After a couple hours there - i proceeded to Kingman, AZ where there is a pretty big historic 66 look and feel. I decided to drive on historic 66 for about 50 miles to the next town instead of using the main highway. I made much better time on this road as there was very very little traffic. but disappointingly, there was virtually nothing along that road. when you finally do get to the next gas station, it was filled with route 66 trinkets.

Finally made it to Williams AZ before getting tired - there is snow on the ground here... not used to that :)

where are the pics at duuuuude.. come on man, you earned this one... damn! :facepalm:

reserved for vid

Good job Randy, I take my :facepalm: back...

Amazing pics Randy, sounds like a lot of fun :tup:

Nice to get all the way down the dam, I've never gotten that privilege even though I've been there lot of times before 911

I'd like to see the Hoover dam.