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Just Another FIAT Freak
As with every good drive out, there's a return home. Although the plan was to cut the travel down to the shortest bee line home, I fudged it a little to enjoy some other sites the desert offers.
The way back we took a different route, leaving Laughlin NV on Needles Hwy to I-40, then trekking a while down I-40 to Kelbaker Rd, where we turned off and enjoyed some of the attractions along the old route 66 before heading south past Amboy crater to 29 Palms, where we picked up CA62 again and backtracked (sort of) the way we came.
Leaving Harrahs Casino in Laughlin, NV:
Needles Hwy Heading south:
Heading south on Kelbaker Rd - sadly a 20 mile stretch of Rte 66 between I-40 and Chambless has been closed so we had to start at Kelbaker...
Kelbaker Rd toward Rte 66:
Travelling down old Rte 66 (National Trails Hwy) toward Amboy:
Amboy, CA:
Amboy Crater (formed 1000's of years ago by volcanic activity):
Amboy Rd south to 29 Palms and CA62:
Indian Canyon Rd towards Palm Springs:
Reaching Palm Springs and CA111:
Hope you enjoyed! Better yet, I hope it encourages you to take your X and make a road trip photo journal too.
The trip was great fun - one highlight on the way back we were able to witness a movie filming (an actor on a motorcycle driving thru the desert - we passed him going the other direction so maybe there will be another X siting on screen?) LOL
The way back we took a different route, leaving Laughlin NV on Needles Hwy to I-40, then trekking a while down I-40 to Kelbaker Rd, where we turned off and enjoyed some of the attractions along the old route 66 before heading south past Amboy crater to 29 Palms, where we picked up CA62 again and backtracked (sort of) the way we came.
Leaving Harrahs Casino in Laughlin, NV:
Needles Hwy Heading south:
Heading south on Kelbaker Rd - sadly a 20 mile stretch of Rte 66 between I-40 and Chambless has been closed so we had to start at Kelbaker...
Kelbaker Rd toward Rte 66:
Travelling down old Rte 66 (National Trails Hwy) toward Amboy:
Amboy, CA:
Amboy Crater (formed 1000's of years ago by volcanic activity):
Amboy Rd south to 29 Palms and CA62:
Indian Canyon Rd towards Palm Springs:
Reaching Palm Springs and CA111:
Hope you enjoyed! Better yet, I hope it encourages you to take your X and make a road trip photo journal too.
The trip was great fun - one highlight on the way back we were able to witness a movie filming (an actor on a motorcycle driving thru the desert - we passed him going the other direction so maybe there will be another X siting on screen?) LOL
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