Much later in Day 2.

Setting: Quality Inn somewhere in Arizona on Route 66

Drove through California, Nevada and Arizona today. First attempted a direct route to Vegas but missed an exit, so drove around aimlessly in Cali and landed on Route 66 in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.  Kept seeing hair salons on the way so I took it as a sign and went into chop my hair off (why not?), but the hair dresser whose name was Angie too was out on her lunch break. Too bad.

California Route 66

Found Highway 10 and took several exits leading to Route 66 again in Cali and Nevada. Found Route 66 museum and a super old town, all without a GPS or map!

(Scroll down to see Route 66 photo gallery)

Love loved the mixed CDs my friends made me for the trip. Today’s shout out has to go to Miss Allison Shomer for her creativity and effort. She actually recorded herself talking to me so she can keep me company on the ride :) She had me laughing hysterically in my car alone. Soooo I made a little present for her too which is another video I will post later. The videos have been tough to post for some reason.

I am much too tired to write tonight, which is a shame. I actually broke my #1 rule today, which was NEVER to drive at night during my road trip. I had to drive in the dark tonight for several hours while looking for a motel in Arizona. Anddd now my eyes are burning. (FYI, there are a ton of hotels right BEFORE Hoover Dam in Nevada… but once you cross over to Arizona, there are none!).

My drive time today was from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., not including stops. I did make stops for lunch in Rancho Cuco., Vegas where I won $300 playing blackjack (yay), and then Hoover Dam (where they seem to be doing a ton of construction) to take pictures. But boy oh boy is driving at night exhausting!

Here’s the beautiful Hoover Dam:

Hoover Dam at Night

Now I’m lying in my Quality Inn bed typing away to you guys I think pictures will tell my stories better than words at this point, also because I’m super duper tired… so please enjoy the photo gallery below!

Until tomorrow,

Angie