We spent a few days in New York City; we explored the Big Apple, staying at the New Yorker Hotel on 34th and 8th Avenue, it had a great diner next door, Tick Tock’s Diner.
We found a great place to eat Jack Doyle's Bar & Restaurant 240 West 35th Street New York, NY. We had a great night.
We took a bus trip around the NYC, a boat ride around Manhattan on the Hudson River, and then a subway ride to Coney Island, Brooklyn, visited Ground Zero, then spent the afternoon in Central park.
It was a great way to start our trip.

On the plane and on our way.

 We just arrived in Los Angeles

We are waiting for our connecting flight to NYC.

We just arrived in New York City, Leigh relaxes in the lobby of the The New Yorker Hotel.

Got in late, so booked into the hotel, then went next door to Tick Tock’s for dinner and a few beers.

This is the view from our room, looking at the Empire State Building.

 Corner of 34th and 7th Avenue, just down 1 block from where we stayed. The New Yorker Hotel is in the background.
Leigh drew the short straw, he got the floor for 3 nights.

Around the corner to Maddison Square Gardens, and Penn station, and a few blocks  42nd street (Time Square).

The next day we got the subway to Union Square and Coney Island, Brooklyn for the day down on the boardwalk, we saw a sign for a hot dog eating contest, females record is 450 hot dogs, and the males record is 609, I don’t know how long it took them to eat that many.

 We got the subway to Coney Island.
 Along the Boardwalk at Brighton Beach, Manhattan.
 We are walking from Brighton Beach to Manhattan Beach along the boardwalk

Part of the Amusement Park, Coney Island.
The big Ferris wheel behind Tom's, Coney Island. 

We have no idea what this ride does, it was closed.

This is where the 1979 movie The Warriors was filmed.

 Leigh finally can go play in the sand, as he found his bucket and shovel set.
 Brighton Beach, Coney Island, the pier was closed due to maintenance work.

 This shop is as it says, pure sugar, the dentist on Coney Island must do well.
 Hot dog eating contest, female 450 dogs, male 690 dogs, don't know how long it took to eat them.
 As it says, Ruby's bar and Grill on the boardwalk, Coney Island.

 I will never hear the end of this shirt, I paid $20 for it on the Boardwalk, we walked just around the corner and it was selling for $10. Leigh and Graz would always let me know how much I paid for it every time someone bought a shirt.

We then went down to Central Park to have a look around, stopping at The Dakota Apartments West Central Park & 72nd St, New York, where John Lennon lived and was shot, right out the front of his apartment.
You can get a horse and coach ride around Central Park.
Central Park west entrance.

 The Dakota Apartments West Central Park & 72nd St, New York, where John Lennon lived and was shot, right out the front of his apartment.

Somehow Leigh and Graz got in the photo again.

We went back to get ready to go for dinner at Jack Doyle’s, it’s a great Irish Pub we found, (using yelp to find it), and we had plenty of Budweiser’s with a great dinner. On the way home, I fell into the rubbish which was lined all down the streets of NYC, (I think I was pushed) we then went back to Tick Tock’s for a few more beers.

 This is Leigh getting ready to go out; it took him ages to do his hair.
 I gave him the thumbs up, his hair looks great.

 Jack Doyle’s. 35th street New York

Apparently it has the longest bar in New York city, and great food.

The 3 amigos at Jack Doyle’s, we all had a great night.
The 3 amigo’s leaving Jack’s, time for a selfie.
This is where someone pushed me into the rubbish, they told me I dived into it. Somehow I don’t remember.

On the way back we decided to stop to have 0ne more for the road at Tick Tock’s.
Funny story at Tick Tock’s that night, some guy was arguing with his girlfriend in Tick Tock’s on the table beside us, his girlfriend wanted absolutely nothing to do with him, while they were arguing, we were waiting for our food and drinks, we looked over and noticed he had some shots on his table and also a few plates food, (he won’t miss it) so Graz drank his shots and we took his food bit by bit, still arguing he turned around to get his drink, to his surprise, his shot glass was empty, he looked around, under the table on his seat beside him. He then went back arguing with his girlfriend, we couldn’t stop laughing, still taken his bacon and chips when he wasn’t looking, he was still looking under the table and on the seat but couldn’t find his food or drinks, poor bastard. The other table had to ladies who were watching us was laughing also, after we were full of food and beer we decided to call it a night.
(I guess you had to be there)

The next day we did a bus trip around NYC, where you can get off and on anytime you like. We went down to the Empire State building, Broadway, Park ave, Wall Street, the 911 memorial museum and site (Ground Zero) past the new World Trade Center buildings, and we got off at Battery Park, just to walk around.
Someone behind me wasn’t nice.

No sooner we got on the bus the rain came down, they supplied us with ponchos.

We are heading down 34th Street towards the Empire State Building.
We went down to Broadway Lower Manhattan.

We got off the bus at the 911 memorial museum, past the new One World Trade Center buildings, and then we went to Ground Zero.
One World Trade Center, formerly the Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan, it’s the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere, 104 stories.

Ground Zero.

Leigh and Graz and myself at Ground Zero. Graz and I at Ground Zero.

Graz and I had a bit of fun with the New York cops, they both had a good sense of humor.

This bike was built to commemorate the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site and was unveiled at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site.

We then go the bus down to Wall Street to the Financial District; we got off at Battery Park to have a walk around.
Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull, they say you've got to rub the nose, horns and testicles of the bull for good luck.

(Someone needs to move their finger before taking a photo). 

We got off the bus and walked down to the Hudson river (took like 1 hour) and went on The PRIDE OF THE HUDSON River cruise around NYC, past the Statue of Liberty, under Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and Williamsburg Bridge, we went all the way up to the Queensboro Bridge, which goes to Queens, which is mostly a residential area, like Brooklyn.
Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge from the Hudson River, which takes you to downtown Brooklyn.      

         Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridge                                           Queensboro Bridge.

Manhattan Bridge                                                       Williamsburg Bridge.

We cruised past Pier 17, which is like darling Harbour Sydney.
A great view of NYC, with One World Trade Centre in the back ground.

 Another view of the Business District from the Hudson.
 Upper East Side housing development.
 Midtown East, with the Empire State Building in the background.
 We went as far as Queensboro Bridge then turned back.

Then we cruised over to the Stature of Liberty for some photos, then back to the pier to finish the cruise.

We got back on the bus and took it passed Pier 17, Little Italy, the Village area up toMid-Town and back to 42nd Street; we got off again and walked around 42nd Street. We then walked back to the hotel and did some shopping at the Harley Davidson shop and Macy’s on 34th. Down on 42nd and 7th, Time Square.

Above and Below: The hustle and bustle on Time square, it’s always a busy place, and some interesting people around.

New York City car parks

We had an early night as we had to fly out to early the next morning.

Leaving the Big Apple, we have  a flight to Niagara Falls Buffalo in New York State.
It was time to leave NYC, so the big yellow taxi came and took us away.

We are flying out of JFK International into Buffalo Niagara

On our way to International Airport; it’s just a 1 hour flight.
Waiting for our flight to Buffalo, looks like I had 2 hours sleep.

We all had a great time in NYC, just wish we had a few more day to have a better look around

Niagara Falls New York State

Niagara Falls is on the boarder of USA and Canada, there are two falls the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side and the American Falls (Bridal Veil Falls) on the USA side.We spent the day walking around and had an expensive lunch there; it is an amazing place to visit.

Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River, located in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The Three Sisters Islands are islands which lie off the west shoreline of Goat Island.

We got a taxi to the falls, Tony the taxi driver dropped us off at Goat Island, he told us to walk around to the Three Sisters Island and follow it all the way around to Horseshoe Falls.

Goat Island, we crossed the bridge to the Three Sisters Island, looking towards the Horseshoe Falls.

We are standing on one of the Three Sister’s Island, looking up the Niagara River.

We are standing on the east edge of the Horseshoe Falls, with Canada in the background.

We are looking back at the Horseshoe Falls; you can see the Maid of the Mist boat trip, going up to the falls.

We walked down to the Bridal Veil Fall and American Falls.

Its picture time, the 3 amigos at Bridal Veil Falls.

You can get right on the edge of the Bridal Veil Falls, with the American falls in the background.

We walked around the other side of the American Falls, on our way to the observation deck. We are looking down to the Maid of the Mist walk.

We are looking down at the falls from Niagara state park; we went to get an expensive lunch. Then we walked to the rainbow Bridge observation deck to kill some time, to get our last look of the falls.

The two old guys needed a well-deserved rest, after walking most of the day around the falls, the thing is I had to wake them up, if I didn’t they wouldn’t have got the plane to Chicago.

Just some photos of the Falls at night with lights on.

 Chicago Illinois

    CHICAGO WHERE THE MOTHER ROAD BEGINS

We arrived late in Chicago, we are staying at the Inn of Chicago, we walking around looking for a place to eat and found a nice Greek cafe, and we had a great meal.

The next day we spent the day looking around Chicago, walking down to Lake Michigan to the Navy Pier, we went on a jet boat ride, The Sea Dog, we went looking for the Sears Tower (no luck) yes I know it’s the tallest building in Chicago. We had dinner down on Rush Street, and then we walked around for Chicago by night. The next day we went to get the RV and stocked the RV up ready for our adventure down Route 66.

Time to take in Chicago

We stayed at the Inn of Chicago  on East Ohio Street, for 4 nights. It’s not far from Rush Street walking distance to Lake Michigan and Chicago Harbour.

This is the night view from the Hotels rooftop.

This is the day view from the hotels rooftop.

We went for dinner to the Dao Thai Restaurant and Noodle Palace, just down the road, all I can say is was not happy with the meal, after really wanting Thai food I was very disappointed. We still had a good night. (It looks like the devil has got us, scary eyes).

The next morning we got up early and had a big breakfast .We then got a taxi to Des Loines to Cruise American to organize the RV for our trip, it was the weekend and we had a few problems getting the RV, going one way was the main probably and because we are Aussies, they didn’t trust us, (joking). So we decided get a taxi to the Airport to rent a car, but was way out of our budget, so to buy a car was our next idea, we googled some car yards and found one just outside of Des Loines, so back in a taxi to the car yard.

We found the perfect van, full of rust, had no brakes, but it did had mag wheels and a good engine (so we thought), and only $2500, whoo hoo Route66 here we come. While we were deciding what to do, buy it or not, I got a phone call from Cruise American to let us know we got the RV and can pick it up first thing Monday morning, so Leigh went in to keep the car sale guy busy, must say Leigh played the guy well, he went back into the office took his card had a good chat and said we will call you Monday, (thinking we were going to buy it).

The van we nearly bought.

I’m taking the call from Cruise America.

So now that is organized we can relax and enjoy Chicago City.

We then went back to the airport to get the fast train to the city.

I think we are lost, we had to get off at the city loop to change train, its ok we have plenty of time. (Someone looks confused).

The day was way too much for Graz, he had to have his afternoon siesta snoring away while Leigh and I were organizing what to do next. (Doesn’t he look comfortable)?

We spent the next day walking around Chicago; we started at Lake Michigan, then down to the Navy Pier, then went looking for the Sears Tower and we then sat down at Gloria Jeans for an ice coffee. We went out for dinner down on Rush street that night, then having an early night.

We walked around to the Navy Pier, stopping to look back at Chicago city from the lakefront Trail.

We followed the Lakefront Trail down on Lake Michigan; they have a nice little beach there. 

We walked around to the Navy Pier, stopping to look back at Chicago city from the lakefront Trail.

We spent most of the morning down the Navy Pier; we had some breakfast and took in the sites.

I’m laughing at Graz, he kept half of his breakfast to eat for lunch, and (no way was he going to waste a good subway sandwich).

Leigh was very generous, he shouted us a jet boat ride, the Seadog down on Lake Michigan, and it was well worth it. (Thanks Leigh)

 It’s time for another selfie on the Seadog.

Looking back at the Navy Pier from the Seadog jet boat.

We decided to go to the Sears Tower for a look, leaving the Navy Pier, and the Trump International Tower and Hotel in the background.

The Shakespeare Theater with the city in the background.

We followed the Chicago River into the city, and headed towards the  Trump International Tower and Hotel, (tall building in background)

We got a little lost and had trouble finding the Sears Tower so we gave up, later we found out it’s called the Wills Tower now.( How could we miss the tallest building in Chicago)?

We are down on the rush Street to have some dinner, I took this picture to a friend who lived in Rosebud, (hey rose).

We got up early and went to West Eggs around the corner for a big hearty breakfast, what a breakfast, just got it all down. We went back to pack and got a taxi back to Cruise America to pick up the RV.

The 3 amigos (or 3 stooges) are on their way, we finally got our RV for our trip.

Trying to navigate our way out of Chicago, they are all on the wrong side of the road over here, a few pics inside the RV.

We had to make a stop at Walmart to load up the RV with food and the main essentials.

I really liked the pink sleeping bag, but I missed out Graz took it off me, he really wanted it,Is anyone looking?

Graz is so happy he got the pink sleeping bag, but he is missing a pillow.

He is set now he got his pillow; we will never get any sleep now.

We travelled 484.4 km through Illinois from Chicago, the first town was Joliet, and we got lost for about 1 hour, (looks like it’s going to be fun). Stopped at Dwight for a bite to eat, through Pontiac, Bloomington then stopping at Lincoln to get the RV set up before dark. Through Springfield and we finally stopped at Edwardsville at the Red Baron Rendezvous RV Park for the night.

http://www.redbarnrendezvousrv.com/

Joliet Illinois

Joliet was the first town we stopped, only because we got lost for an hour or so, and I wasn’t the navigator, look back and see who was in the passenger seat. Anyways, we came across a couple who took some pictures for us gave us some info, and pointed us in the right direction.

We stopped at this ice-cream cafe, as I walked up to the window, he closed it and walked away with me, left me standing there like an idiot. (No comments on that please)

Dick’s towing, just across the road from the old petrol pump.

The couple we met took this photo for us at the old petrol pump.

We drove on stopping at Dwight for some lunch, then through Pontiac, Bloomington stopping again at a rest spot to get the RV setup. We finally stopped at Edwardsville for the night around 10pm at the Red Baron Rendezvous RV Park. http://www.redbarnrendezvousrv.com

Edwardville Illinois

Red Baron Rendezvous RV Park.

Not the best sight 1st thing in the moring.

Leigh was making sure we disconnected the RV from the power and water, so off we go again leaving the Red Baron Rendezvous RV Park.

Missouri Illinois

We drove into Missouri, (454 km) of the Route 66 through Missouri, St Louis, Cuba, Fanning, Lebanon, Devil’s Elbow, Cimarron and Joplin are some of the towns we stopped at. Our first stop was at the famous St Louis Arch, we went down to the Mississippi River Waterfront. We called in to the visitor center for some information and maps. http://www.visitmo.com/route-66-state-park.aspx

We got to Cuba stopping at Shelley’s cafe for lunch; we then drove down to Fanning to the world’s biggest rocking chair at the Outpost 66.    

http://www.fanning66outpost.com 

We then drove through Devil’s Elbow, it’s one of the old parts of the mother road, we stopped in Lebanon in the afternoon walking around town and we did some shopping, and we looked at some car sales yard, the cars are so cheap here in the USA. We had to look for a place for the night, we found the NRO (Niangua River Oasis) RV Park, so we stayed there the night, we parked the RV and lit a fire sat around and had a few beers.

http://www.visitmo.com/nro-canoe-rental-and-campground.aspx

We headed off again and stopped at Cimarron to look at the massive picker site (antique mall), then we drove onto Joplin we had lunch at Coopers 66 cafe, and we also visited the Will Rogers Memorial.

St Louis Missouri

Rusty, from the RV Park gave us some directions on how to get to the St Louis Riverfront, down on the Mississippi River and St Louis Arch.

We got a good view of the St Louis Arch on the way to the Missouri border.

Leigh went to have a little paddle in the Mississippi River. (I think he needs a little more than a paddle).

We went down to see the Spirit of Peoria River Boat Cruises, down on the Mississippi River.

Looking north up the Mississippi river to the Eads Bridge in the foreground, and just behind is the Martin Luther King Bridge.

Looking south down the River is the MacArthur Rail Bridge. You can see a long barge on the river, which goes up and down the river all day every day.

We started to walk up to Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park to get some photos of the Arch. The Gateway Arch is the tallest man-made monument in the United States and stands at or 192 meters and is the second tallest freestanding monument in the world after the Eiffel Tower.

For more facts visit web site below.

http://www.gatewayarch.com/about/history/.

On our way to the Arch.

We had to walk up 1000 stairs just to get to the Arch. Whoever took this photo took the better side of me.

We started to walk back to the RV, through Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Park.

We are looking back at the Arch with the Eads and Martin Luther Bridge in the background.

Just outside of St Louis we stopped at the State Park, Missouri Route 66 Visitors Centre, we had a good look around and bought some maps and gathered some good information on the Route 66.

We had to stop and fill up, if I remember it was around $200 to fill up, took 2 of use to figure out how to work the petrol pump out.

The Phillips 66 gasoline began in 1917 and the Phillips 66 shield logo was created for its link to the highway of the same number Route 66.

Inside was a small museum with a little history of Route 66.

We spotted a nice Harley Route 66 bike.

A couple of old signs.

Cuba Missouri

With one of the maps we picked up, we found a nice place to stop and eat at in a small town of Cuba, Shelly’s cafe, very friendly and great food. We ended up giving Shelly all our pots and pan from the RV we weren’t going to use. She was very grateful.

Shelly’s Cafe, look who got in the photo again.

This is the entrance of a very friendly Shelly’s Cafe. There is also a wall map to show where we are on the Route 66, like most cafes or diners on the way

A map on the wall at Shelly's cafe, of Route 66, showing where we are.

What a decision, what should we eat? Whatever we did eat I’m sure Leigh had desert.

We are back on the road sharing the driving, next stop Fanning, to the outpost where the world’s biggest rocking chair stands.

Graz is keeping an eye on us from the back of the RV. (I think his other eye was on the beer).

Fanning Missouri

Fanning (The Outpost) was just down the road from Cuba, so we stopped to have a look, we saw Billy Connelly stop there on his Route 66 tour show on TV.

We got lost again, and wont be the last time.

We went inside the Outpost, a little museum of old Route 66 memorabilia, just a few old petrol pumps.

I should have bought that flag. (What a great picture).

We got a few photos at the world’s largest rocking chair.

I had to take a picture of this, some smart redneck hillbilly thought a little too hard on this one. (I love it). He was probably sitting on his verandah (drinking moonshine) thinking, how can I cut the grass and get some exercise at the same time.

Around the side was Danny's Gas Hole.

Lebanon Missouri

We then drove on to Lebanon, stopping in town for a nice cold ice coffee and to get some directions. We looked at the price of 2013 Mustang $33,000 in some car sale yard, and saw a nice 2000 Harley$3700, so cheap.

We stocked up with more food and drinks and went looking for a place to stay the night, finally, after stopping at a really strange RV park, no one came out to greet us, the place was abandoned, so we went further to the NRO RV Park (Niangua River Oasis, down on the Niangua River, we parked the RV, got a fire going and cooked up some bacon egg and cheese sandwiches and washed them down with a few beers.

NRO RV camp site.

The Harley, I think I could have got it down to $3000, ride away. ( Who got in the photo again)?

We got the fire going, it was like 30 degrees, but we just had to light a fire, that’s what camping is about.

Putting down a few beers, by the fire.

It was dam good night, Leigh turns in for the night.

Time to get some sleep ready for the next day.

I got up early and started cooking up a storm, bacon and eggs with a coffee.

Devils Elbow Missouri

Devil's Elbow, Missouri and was named for a particularly bad bend in the Big Piney River along Route 66 in the late 80’s. Devil's Elbow was a resort community with cabins, canoes on the Piney River.

Grahams turn to drive, the dangerous part of Route 66.

Part of the Old Mother road.

We stopped for a little look around and to take some pictures of us on the Old Mother Road.

Cimmaron Missouri

We stopped at Cimarron at this antique mall, more like a junk yard.

American picker would have a field day here, this guy had everything.

You can find anything you want here, even a signed guitar by Glenn Campbell and Andy Williams. If I read it right if you buy the guitar you also get 2 of Glenn Campbells kids and 2 ticket stubs of his Good Bye Tour. (How old are his kids)?

Leigh made a good friend here, this guy didn’t say much, all Leigh has to do is grow a beard and they are twins.

We left Cimarron empty handed and headed towards Springfield, there was nothing there to see so went on to Joplin, Missouri. We found a nice little cafe in the very busy street Main street, Coopers 66 café on the corner of Main Street and 2nd Ave.

After we had a good feed, and it was, we walked to the Will Rogers Highway Museum, named after the very famous Hollywood actor Will Rogers, it was very interesting, the Route 66 was also known as the Will Rogers Highway.

Joplin Missouri

Joplin was the last stop in Missouri, before going through to Kansas State. It was a sleepy little town with about 4 cars on Main street at lunchtime, we parked the van and walked down Main street looking for a diner to have some lunch, finally we came across Coopers 66 Diner. After lunch we walked up to the Will Rogers Highway Museum.

Main street Joplin, such a busy place.

We spotted some nice art of Joplin and Route 66 on our walk around town.

Like in every town we go through they have these murals.

At Coopers 66 Diner on Main and 2nd Avenue Joplin. Insde of the diner is of course based on Route 66.

We stopped at the Will Rogers Highway Museum, not much to see there.

We took a few shots inside the museum, some old cars and business names, Kendall Motor oils, Atlas tyres and Texaco fuel. it wasn't the best, not much inside.

Kansas

Although Kansas has the shortest stretch of any state on Route 66, only 12.8 miles of the old Mother Road cut through the town of Galena, over the Rainbow Arch Bridge at Riverton then into Baxter Springs, Route 66 goes through the lower east corner of the state. This stretch of Route 66 has some lovely old buildings, but many appear abandoned.

On the side of the highway there was a massive fireworks shop.

Galena, Riverton and Baxter Springs, Kansas

Galena buildings like these helped inspire the community "Radiator Springs" in the Pixar movie Cars. 

The Route 66 logo is on the streets of Galena's Main Street. Like Radiator Springs, the road looks like it could use some work.

Through town and over the Rainbow Arch Bridge.

A beautiful old pickup truck on the side of the road.

Turning left with Route 66, which is now also Main Street, you will continue to pass interesting old buildings. Many appear abandoned.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma has 602.9 km’s of Route 66 in Oklahoma. The nation's longest drivable stretch of Route 66 that cuts through Oklahoma, Tulsa, El Reno, Hydro, Clinton and other authentic home towns along the Mother Road where we met friendly people and we soon found unique shops, diners and a small museum. We had to find a place to stay for the night; we stop in Tulsa, at the Warrior RV Park.

http://www.tulsawarriorrv.com/

We then drove into El Reno; we had a look at the Cherokee Trading Post. We stopped at Hydro, which was a very small and quiet town most businesses were closed. We stopped at Clinton for lunch, I think that the town was dead, really, nothing moved in Clinton, so we drove just outside of town and we stopped at the Route 66 Museum.

Tulsa Oklahoma

We drove on to Tulsa, Oklahoma, there was not much on Route 66 between Kansas and Tulsa.

We stop here at the Warriors RV park late afternoon, staying for the night.

Once we got organized in the RV park, we sat around and had a few beers.

We walked across the highway to get Pizza for dinner; our stocks were a little low in the RV.

The next morning we stopped at a truck stop to fill up, AGAIN, also stock up on a few things.

I thought I would try my luck on the Oklahoma lottery. I will let you know later if I win.

El Reno Oklahoma

Most of the towns have a big water tank, displaying the name of the town on them.El Reno to my surprise has a mural on the town building.

On the side of the road a couple of old business closed down.

Squawk and Skoot? I have no idea what this place is, and we couldn’t find out, it was closed and no one around to ask.

Just outside of El Reno, we stopped at the Cherokee Trading Post and Cherokee restaurant.

We all had a go at taming the bull; I think Leigh has got it by the balls, and Graz was at the wrong end.

An Indian mural, and original Tee Pee.

Notice who is in the picture again? Hiding in the Tee Pee.

Graz with the Indian totem Pole.

We had a little fun with the Chief.

Hydro Oklahoma

Leaving the Cherokee Trading post, we had our fun. We drove on to Hydro, Hydro was a sleepy town; I got 3 of my favorite pictures here in Hydro. The picture of Graz and Leigh waiting to get into the Hydro bar, which wasn’t an early opener, Graz waits for a haircut, unfortunately its operating hours were 2 pm to 4 pm., and Leigh is waiting at the Soda Fountain grill, also closed.

Graz and Leigh, knocking on the door at the Hydro Bar, they were dying for a drink but had a long wait. It wasnt open.

So no luck at the bar, Leigh tried the Soda Fountain Grill, another long wait.

While Graz decided to get a haircut, once again a long wait, this town was asleep.

We walked to the Hydro Library to get some information, guess what? It was closed.

I think this shop and 1 other was open, this shop was all knick knacks.

We took a few pictures of Main Street Hydro, how busy is it?!

They park down the middle of the road on Main Street.

 Another old gas station closed, and beside the gas station is a service centre closed also.

Clinton Oklahoma

We left Hydro and drove on to Clinton, which would be our last stop in Oklahoma. We arrived in Clinton around lunch time, so we found a side street to pull over to make some lunch and just sit around for a rest. After lunch we drove down the road just outside Clinton, as there wasn’t much there, we stopped at the Rout 66 Museum, Leigh waited outside whilst Graz and I went into the museum to have a good look around.

Lunch time in some back street in Clinton Oklahoma.

Leigh is relaxing outside in the shade.

Taking a break before moving on to the Route 66 museum.

After lunch we drove down to the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, Oklahoma. The museum’s galleries offered us a journey through the history of the nation’s main highway. Images and videos on the Mother Road. You can watch the 20 minute video on the history of the highway, touch the counter and sit in the booth of the 1950’s diner. The museum focuses on the Route 66 experience.

54 Dodge pickup, outside the museum.

The licence plate on the pickup.

A classic 57 Chevy in the front window.

Route 66 highway signs from each state on the wall in the museum.

Kombi love Machine 

Some old cars, and a beautiful old juke box on display.

Old photo of men attending an acident on Route 66.

Old Oklahoma number plates.

Old Sinclair gasoline pump and air pump, from the early 1900’s, and a Mobil Oil sign.

The famous Phillips 66 petrol pump and sign.

A beautiful 1950’s diner booth, and a jukebox.

Texas

Shamrock Texas

Of course the water tower on the way into the town

The mural of Route 66.

Shamrock butchers and a old style water trough.

The famous Magnolia petrol station, it started in the early 20's in the USA.

Lawyer ofice, apparentley it was the 1st building to have electric lighting.

We came across a old Texan Fort museum, that not a dummy, its Leigh playing chess by himsel

A double dunny???? and a old cloths wringer.

The famous Towwr station and U-Drop inn cafe on the movie Cars.

If you look at the bottom right of the picture, Guess who it is? Yes Leigh.

Amarillo Texas

We arrived late at the KOA RV Park in Amarillo, we checked in did some laundry and tidied up a bit. Just a few sites away there was a group of guy sitting around with their trikes, as there was an annual trike convention on at the RV park that weekend, with many home made trikes, which would never be allowed on our roads here in Australia.

Hillbilly Bob, on his trike.
This is a Harley, Corvette trike, 327 engine.
One of the guys built this in his garage, it has a 389 ford engine in this trike.

One of the guys built this in his garage, it has a 389 ford engine in this trikewith many others here.

We decided to go to the Big texan steak House for dinner.

Anyone that stays in the KOA RV Park can get a free stretched Cadillac Limo, free of charge to and from the Big Texan Steak House, but you do have to tip the driver, which ended up costing us around $20 for the ride, but was well worth it.
The Cadillac stretched limo.

The drive to the steak house was smooth as silk, you couldn’t feel any bumps in the road.

It’s the 3 amigos picture time, with the Cadillac in front of the Big Texan Steak House,and it's famous 72 oz. Steak.

Graz couldn’t find his glasses, so he borrowed mine.
Don’t they look cute and happy, before they had a snooze in the park at Niagara falls, now they are sharing a seat.

The famous 72 oz. Steak.

The rules to get the steak for free.

The meal consists of: Shrimp Cocktail, Baked Potato, Salad, with Roll, Butter, and of course the 72 oz. Steak.
1. Entire meal must be completed in one hour. If any of the meal is not consumed (swallowed)…YOU LOSE!
2. Before the time starts, you will be allowed to cut into the steak, and take one bite. If the steak tastes good and is cooked to your satisfaction, we will start the time upon your acceptable approval. The time will not stop, and the contest is on, so make SURE before you say “yes.”
3. Once you have started you are not allowed to stand up, leave your table, or have anyone else TOUCH the meal.
4. You will be disqualified if anyone assists you in cutting, preparing or eating of your meal. This is YOUR contest.
5. You don’t have to eat the fat, but we will judge this.
6. Should you become ill, the contest is over… YOU LOSE! (Please use the container provided as necessary.)
7. You are required to pay the full amount up front; if you win, we will refund 100%.
8. You must sit at a table that we assign.
9. If you do not win the steak challenge, you are welcome to take the leftovers with you.
10. No consumption or sharing of the leftovers is allowed in the restaurant once the contest is over.
11. If you fail to complete the challenge, you must pay the full $72 dollars.

Graz is so happy, he found the large beers.
We got our host Laura Jean to take a happy shot.

We all got our picture taken with Laura Jean, she was so sweet with a great Texan accent. 

Leaving the Texan Steak Ranch, waiting for our limo.

The next morning we drove into Amarillo to Cavender’s Boots City, for Graz to buy some boots, there was over 6000 pairs of boot, Graz couldn’t find the right pair, but I got a few pairs of jeans and a few shirts, so I did alright.

We left Amarillo and drove a little down the road to the Cadillac Ranch, the Cadillac Ranch is visible from the highway, walking through an unlocked gate onto private land, you can spay or draw graffiti on the vehicles, one time all 10 cars were painted flat black to mark the passing of Ant Farm artist Doug Michels and to provide a fresh canvas for future visitors.

Cadillac Ranch Texas

The Cadillac ranch entrance.
The 10 Cadillac lined up.

You can buy paint or spray cans to write on the cadillacs.You can see

Graz on the right, deciding what to write on a car, and what to write.

Me inside the Cadillac.

We climbed up to get a good photo, well, I think it’s a good photo.
Leight, relaxing on a Cadillac.

I’m sure Leigh wrote this, I know Graz or I wouldn’t write anything like that.
Our names will probably last 2 days there, maybe 20 minutes.they have people here all day every day.

Graz, he is still spraying graffiti everywhere, we couldn’t get the spray can off him. He was probably having flashbacks of his teen life.

New Mexico

Route 66 covered (610 km) in the state of New Mexico and passed through many Indian reservations in the western half of the state. We traveled through the towns of Tucumcari, Santa Rosa, Laguna and Gallup. Tucumcari, we stopped at the famous Blue Swallow Motel, we stopped at Santa Rosa, it had a fantastic Hot Rod Museum, and Laguna was one of many of the Indian reservations and Spanish settlements.

We stopped at Gallup late afternoon at the USA RV Park for the night, we had a swim, Leigh claims he won the 100 meters swim, we did our laundry, Leigh and myself decided to have a game of BIG chess, yes I did win, Leigh doesn’t think so, but I did. Leigh is still saying he won the swimming race, (I will just let him think he did).

http://www.usarvpark.com/

Tucumcari New Mexico

We stopped in Tucumcari just around lunch time, we walked around stopping at the famous Blue swallow Motel, still open and they turn the lights on every night since they have been open, which was 1941. It has 12 clean rooms, TV, and Air Con.

One of the 12 rooms, the owner was there cleaning the rooms.

Another view, you can see the owner at the door, just finishing the cleaning.

Just down the road, we walked to a diner to get some lunch, passing a few old gas stations and motels. They have old cars in front of every business.

This is one of the old gas station, not operating.

They have an old Hudson at the gas pump, looks like early 1960’s model.

Across the road, looks like an old ford in front of the Motel Safari, which was open for business.

Something I have never seen, a drive tattoo shop, again wasn’t open.

Yet another abandon café, with an old car just rotting away out front.

The welcome center of Tucumcari and more murals on the buildings.

Santa Rosa New Mexico

Driving through Santa Rosa, you can see how it’s changing. We stopped at the Route 66 Auto Museum; there are some extraordinary cars in this museum.

I have no idea what they would do around here.

Other old business closed, a Chinese restaurant.

It’s time to fill up again; Leigh has got the pump figured out now.

The Route 66 Auto Museum.

This old car can be seen driving from way down the road.

Outside were a few old cars in the car park.

A  big yellow taxi.

In this museum you will see many different types of cars, from Corvettes, Buicks, Chevys, and some custom cars, too many to name.

One of the most popular colors, Chevy blue.

I couldn’t get the Harley in Lebanon, so this was my next option.

A custom Chevy dual cab truck.

This old car needed a little work, so Leigh pulled out his tool kit to tune it up. It’s running a lot better now.

Three different Corvettes

Leigh looks the part on an old pickup truck out front of the museum.

Laguna  New Mexico

We are now noticing a lot of Indian and Spanish settlements along the roadside in New Mexico.

We stopped just outside of Laguna at an Indian / Spanish settlement.

The stalls on the roadside where they sell their jewelry and other things they make.

A mile marker in one of the stalls.

 There was absolutely nothing happening in Laguna Just leaving Laguna.

One of many rail bridges.

Gallup New Mexico

Just arriving in Gallup, looking for the USA RV park, got there late, so didn’t get much of a chance to look around, we had to do some cleaning, ended up going for a late swim, where Leigh and myself had a swim race, he said he won, ok mate I will admit it you did win, but I won the chess game we had in the dark, I know you said you couldn’t see, but that’s no excuse.

The entrance of the RV Park, this was a very nice place to stay.

The Statue of Liberty outside of the reception.

They had some old western wagons in the RV Park, like this old horse driven wagon.

Some massive RV's travelling around.

Had dinner then  an early night, as we have a long drive to the grand canyon tomorrow.

As we left Gallup and noticed there were more of the Indian roadside stalls. Funny thing is they never seemed to be open.

Arizona

Route 66 in Arizona covered 645.3 km's towards the west, with the vegetation becoming more desert-like, roads that passed through the old mining town. We made a stop at Holbrook for a big breakfast at a Mr. Maestas diner, she made a great breakfast. We then drove to Flagstaff not stopping (rain most of the morning) just headed straight up to the Grand Canyon for the afternoon.

We left the Grand Canyon and drove through a few small towns, Little Colorado Ridge, Cameron town, Tuba, Tsegi and Kanyeta. These towns had absolutely NOTHING. We then drove straight up to Monument Valley in Utah.

We stopped for a big breakfast in Holbrook, had a little stroll around the town, as we went further into Arizona, there were a few small towns which had nothing in them, not even much of Route 66 thing, where we had breakfast, at the Mr Maestas diner, she had plenty of old memorabilia on the Route 66, but that was it.

Holbrook Arizona

Yet another water tower in Holbrook.

Navajo Blvd, Holbrook. The main street.

Mr. Maestas diner, where we stopped for breakfast, as you can see below she had everything in the shop.

I think I was eyeing up the bacon Graz ordered. The place mats in the diner, a good read.

On the wall there were license plates from all over the USA.

I can’t remember what I was taking a picture of, either the Route66, or Leigh’s head.

There were bikes, trikes, push cars and many other things from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s hanging on the ceiling and wall.

A few old stoves and heaters in one corner of the diner, and an old petrol pump.

The Winner’s Circle Pub, on the corner where we parked the RV, of course it was too early for a drink Graz.

A Route 66 shop, not much in there.

Another closed business on the side of the road.

Flagstaff Arizona

Got to Flagstaff and we went off route 66 and headed north to the Grand Canyon on Interstate 180. The weather wasn’t too good rain all the way to the Canyon, we spent a good 3-4 hours at the Canyon walking around, you can’t seem to get enough, every place you walk to the view is so different.

Interstate 180 north to the Grand Canyon.

Looks like we passed an old train museum, it was a little wet to stop so we pushed on.

The interstate 180 is only one lane each way, different to the main highways.

Grand Canyon Arizona

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).

The canyon has a north and south rim, and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation. The surrounding area is contained within the Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.

Once we got to the Canyon we went to the visitors centre to get a little history lesson on the Canyon, there is a web link here to view the history, very interesting read.

http://www.kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm

There are many views of the canyon from different areas, as we walked around.

The three amigos, picture time.

Tried to do a selfie, my arms are not long enough.

Graz is hanging on for dear life. Right on the edge.

The sun came out; Graz forgot his hat, so wants the next best thing? A plastic bag.

You can’t get tired of this view.

Anyways i will just let you enjoy the magnificent pictues of the Grand Canyon.

As we left the Grand Canyon we went on highway 64 west, through the Little Colorado ridge.

Little Colorado Ridge Arizona

Little Colorado Ridge in the background.

It’s just like a mini Grand Canyon.

We then joined the Interstate 160 west now just outside Little Colorado Ridge. You can see the different layers and colours on the ridges.

One of the old and unused bridges heading into Tuba City.

Tuba – Kanyeta  Arizona

Not much happening here in Tuba or Kanyeta.

Kanyeta water tower.

We stopped at the Anasazi Inn for some directions; I think the whole town was in the cafe bar, all 10 of them.

The Anasazi Inn consisted of 8 rooms. It probably fills up around Xmas. I dont know, why it would fill up?

We are now leaving Kanyeta, on our way to the Monument Valley in Utah.

Utah

We left Route 66 at Flagstaff to head north to the Grand Canyon and further northwest to Monument Valley in Utah; Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau a cluster of vast isolated sandstone hills with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; (seen in many western movies) the largest reaching 305 meters above the valley floor.

Monument Valley is located on the Arizona-Utah state line, near the Four Corners area, which is where all four states meet. Colorado, northwestern corner of New Mexico, northeastern corner of Arizona and southeastern corner of Utah.

Goulding Utah-Arizona

It was getting late and we were worried we wouldn't find a place to stop, but we found a fantastic RV park in Goulding. Took a few pictures, walked around and had some dinner, then an early night.

http://www.gouldings.com/

Views of Monument Valley from the RV park.

Day shot, same spot as the night shot, shot looking at West Mitten. From the RV park.

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Arizona

Monument Valley, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies. Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns.

Navajo Nation’s Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park. You are experiencing one of the most majestic – and most photographed – points on earth. This great valley boasts sandstone masterpieces that tower at heights of 400 to 1,000 feet,

Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau.

We got an early start, drove down to the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, the  buttes of Tse Bii' Ndzisgaii (Valley of the Rocks).

On our way down, we stopped to fill up, there was a gas station hotel and a cafe at the base of the big plateau.

The Goulding Cafe Diner and the Goulding Lodge.

Panoramic view of the Goulding Lodge and gas station.

Indian huts at the base of the valley.

Looking back at the Goulding RV Park, from Monument Valley. Right off centre of the picture in between the two mountains, the king on his Throne and the Stachcoach is the RV Park.

Monument Valley panorama, taken from the Visitor Center and showing the "Mittens" and the road which makes a loop-tour through the Park.

We found a friend on the way out, he must have had a bit of fun in the mud.

Some nice pictures of the East and West Mittens and Merrick's Butte.

Looking back at Monument valley as we are leaving.

Coppermine Plateau  Utah

Driving through Coppermine Plateau and Glenn Canyon Dam, not really much here.

In the late 1800’s was a booming mine. The rocks of the Plateau include pockets of coal, oil, natural gas, and uranium. The minerals changed over time, Today on the Plateau, a few large coal-mining operations are in operation, including the largest strip mine in the world, the Kayenta/Black Mesa mining complex. As we drove through the plateau there was no activity anywhere.

Along side of the road was an abandon building with a windmill, not a house around,  pictures are of the Copper Mine Plataeu.

Geronimo’s Indian reservation outpost between copermine plateau and Glen Canyon Dam.

Glenn Canyon Dam Arizona

Glen Canyon Dam is on the Colorado River in northern part of Arizona in the USA, near the town of Page. The dam was built to provide hydroelectricity and flow regulation from the upper Colorado River Basin to the Lower Basin. It’s known as Lake Powell, and is the second largest artificial lake in the country, into Utah.

The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a colorful gorge. The project's main purpose was to provide water storage to ensure that they had enough supply of water during years of drought. In 1966, when the reservoir filled, the dam began to deliver a regulated flow of water downstream and a supply of electricity to the region.

Lake Powell is one of the most popular Houseboating and water-skiing areas in the USA; Recreational activities include boating, fishing, water-skiing, jet-skiing, and hiking.

View approaching the dam.

Looking down on the lake you can see a few boats.

The storm we watch rolling

St George Utah

We drove back into Arizona west down the 160, through Copper Mine Plateau, (nothing there just desert) we stopped just after the Glenn Canyon dam for lunch, we headed north up the 89 drove through Kanab, we  just missed a massive storm so we stopped on the side of the road to watch it go past. We drove back in and out of Arizona and Utah on the 389 west, stopping at the Temple View RV park in St George Utah.

http://www.templeviewrv.com/

We checked into the RV Park then we walked the streets to see what was around, then we went back for a swim, a few games of pool then we we had a nice Chinese buffet dinner.

Temple View RV Park St George, Utah.

The office was closed, they a sign saying, go to a certain bay hook up and we will see you in the morning, so we did.

Went to the recreation room in the air con and had a few games of pool.

We went for a walk around the town, just to see what's around, we found a nice Chinese buffet for dinner, on the way back, I had to take this picture of the local pizza delivery car. A MUSTANG.

Breakfast the next morning.

Nevada

Leaving St Geoge Utah, through a corner of Arizona into Nervada and on our way to Vegas baby.

Finally, we are off to Las Vegas, it’s our last day in the RV and it’s time to drop it off and enjoy a few days in Vegas. We found the KOA Circus Circus RV Park, it was right behind the Circus Circus Hotel.

http://koa.com/campgrounds/las-vegas/.

Las Vegas Nevada

We all went for a walk down the strip, Leigh and I decided to get our Route 66 tattoo at the Rock Star Tattoo Shop, it took a few hours, when we got back and Graz had the RV sparkling clean ready to drop it off in the morning. We spent few days in Vegas, we stayed the rest or the time in the Circus Circus Hotel, we went for a day trip to Ricks Pawn Shop, Ricks Restoration and into most of the casinos to have a look around. I played a table, lost $100 in about 10 minutes, it wasn't fun.

KOA Circus Circus RV Park and Stratosphere hotel

Leigh and I  getting our Route 66 tattoo at the Rock Star Tattoo Shop

We got back and Graz had the RV sparkling clean ready to drop it off in the morning.

On the Vegas strip.

The Venetian hotel.

Inside the Venetian Hotel

Graz having a little bet on the pokies.                          Tresure Island Hotel.

Atleast this guy is honest why he wants money.

The strip by night.

The Luxor and MGM Grand hotel

The Circus Curcis Hotel where we stayed.

Rick's pawn Shop 

More places along the Strip.

The Harley Davidson Cafe.

More Hotels

Leigh got a flight to Canada to catch up with his son and his family for a few days, Graz and I just roamed Vegas. We got the bus down to the old part of town to Fremont street to see the old casinos, the Golden Nugget, Golden Gate, Las Vegas Club, Four Queens and others, we passed the Mob Museum, but we didn’t go in, it cost was around $30, so we went back to have dinner at the Luxor Casino.

Dinner at the Luxor

Stopping at a few Casinos on the way home.

Leigh got back from Canada, so it’s our last day in Vegas, Graz got his tattoo from a so called tattoo artist, the tattooist left to go to the back room a few times coming back with some sort of white powered under his nose????  Leigh and I had a good laugh; Graz’s tattoo came out all right.

A couple of photos with Leigh and his grandkids in Canada.

Leigh got back so we decided to go to Rick's Resteration to have a look.

That afternoon Graz got his tattoo.

The last night we just walked the strip to see all the hotels light up.

The Bellagio  day and night.

A street preformer, and of coures Leigh had to get desert form somewhere.

On our way back to the hotel i took a few night shots of the Circus Circus Hotel.

Leaving Vegas we decided to get a Mustang 2009 convertible to drive to LA, Leigh and I played a good trick on Graz, he thought we were getting a Ford Focus but Leigh and I decided to get a Mustang not telling him, he thought we took someone else’s car, we did tell him a few hours later. Graz wasn’t happy.

Leaving Las Vegas Nevada

California.

We left Vegas and heading to Los Angeles, the last 435 km's of the trip, through the small towns of Primm, we had a rest stop there at Whiskey Pete’s, Yemmo with a few small businesses still operating, we drove over the Steel Truss Bridge, which spans over the Mojave River then we went through Victorville, the city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardo Countydecided to take a drive down to Sunset Boulevard to the Chinese Theater, we walk along Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard for a few hours. The next day we drove to Santa Monica beach where Route 66 finishes, it was a good feeling; we took a few pictures at the end of the trail.

We left Vegas and heading to Los Angeles, the last 435 km's of the trip, through the small towns of Primm, we had a rest stop there at Whiskey Pete’s, Yemmo with a few small businesses still operating, we drove over the Steel Truss Bridge, which spans over the Mojave River then we went through Victorville, the city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardo County decided to take a drive down to Sunset Boulevard to the Chinese Theater, we walk along Hollywood and Sunset Boulevard for a few hours. The next day we drove to Santa Monica beach where Route 66 finishes, it was a good feeling; we took a few pictures at the end of the trail.

There is a big air force base in Victorville; the airfield became the George Air Force Base when the U.S. Air Force was established. After decades of service to the Air Force, the George Air Force Base was closed, the former Air Force base housing area is now vacant, and it forms a ghost town with tanks, jeeps, planes and other military vehicle just sitting around. They now used it for military training by troops from the US Army and Air Force.

Stopping at Primm Valley (Whiskey Petes) to stock up for our last leg of our amazing trip

Some more of the closed businesses on Route 66.

Yemmo the next small town, amazing still some places are still operating here.

We drove over the Steel Truss Bridge, which spans over the Mojave River then we went through Victorville, the city located in the Victor Valley of southwestern San Bernardo County.

Next town was Barstow, drove through and stopping outside of town to get some picture with the Route 66 marked on the road.

Just outside of Barstow. the Route 66 painted  on the road.

Los Angeles

We finally got to Los Angeles, we found a nice motel down near Venice beach, Graz had an early night, Leigh and I droe into the city walking along Hollywood Blvd & Sunset Blvd and drove around Hollywood.

Some of the  stars on Hollywood Blvd.

We then drove up the coast to Malibu beach, and back down to Huntington beach for lunch, we then drove back to Venice beach for the afternoon, we went looking for a cheaper hotel as Leigh had to leave a few days earlier than expected, we found a hotel in Inglewood (not the best part of LA) but cheap.

We took the Mustang back and dropped Leigh at the airport to say our goodbyes, Graz and I got a little ford focus for the last few days to do the sights, we headed up to Mount Lee in the Hollywood Hills to view the massive Hollywood sign, and we got lost and took about 3 hrs. To get there, jokingly we said wouldn’t it be funny if the lights were out and we couldn’t see the sign, guess what? We got there and there was no light on it, apparently they don’t turn on the lights anymore because people complain it’s too bright.

The next day we went to the mall to do a little shopping before we headed off to Lancaster, where my niece and nephew live and run a Thai restaurant, after we made a short stop in Palmdale, (Graz knows what I mean) there is a funny story to Palmdale, just asks him. We got to the restaurant and had a great lunch and afternoon with May and Nina, Thank you again May and Nina. We then drove back to LA to do our laundry for the last time, the Laundromat wasn’t the safest place, it was somewhere in east LA.

Second last day, we tossed a coin not sure where to go, Disneyland or Universal Studios, we both have been to them before, so we ended up doing Universal studios. Had another great day, we went on all rides some even 2 times, we did the train tour around the studios, on our way back stopped at Denny’s for dinner.

Last day, we drove all the way out to the West Coast's Largest Antique Auto, Corvette, Porsche, Street Rod, Volkswagen Swap Meet and Classic Car Show held at Fairplex in Pomona, California, we finally found the place and it was closed every Tuesday, guess what day we went out there? Yes, Tuesday, that was a waste of 4 hours there and back, so we drove back to Wiltshire to the Petersen Auto Museum spending the rest of the day there, we went back for a shower to fly out that night back to Sydney.

Time to leave and head home. last dinner at Denny's, then to the airport.