Thursday 19 June 2014

More bits along the way to LA

Called in to see Charlie Burchett at Genes Hot Rod Parts in Knoxville...his daily driver 5w, as well as a recent purchase tudor


I did 4912 miles (7860 km ) in the Dodge...$820 in fuel..love my road trips..
Lots of cool parts for sale
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Sedan body was just sold...think Alloways are building it..
I would love this..






Main Street, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
weird stuff around here...
Heading into the Smoky Mountains..
Found a Casino all the way in...relieved them of some $$$$
checking out the stream
On to Memphis for the drags.. (there will be other photos from the small camera later)


Even got into the pit crew on John n Camp Stanleys Camaro



Jump past Arkansas, into Oklahoma, and had to stop at the worlds second largest Casino..pity they still allow smoking inside..cough, cough..
Del Taco...yumm....I will miss these..
Nothing much out here on the way thru Texas..
Except good little country towns..
But, lots of abandoned dreams..

Cool gas station...somewhere in Texas
Last night in TX....this was about 8:30 at night!
Why, thankyou..
Hmmmm...more of nothing...just like driving the Nullabor..
Had to stop at Roswell...sci-fi capitol..
Check out the 50s/60s signs



Chrome diner in the middle of nowhere..
heading up to Santa Fe..wide open spaces

so now I can say I've been to Cuba
Aztec ruins in the town of.....Aztec, New Mexico..


fascinating building thousands of years old..and still in almost perfect shape.





Headed out to Monument Valley, backdrop to countless cowboy movies.




Hmmm...tiny shop on Route 66
Seligman, Rt 66, Arizona


Hackberry general store has dozens of old cars on show...RT 66, just near Hoover Dam
Our view from the Golden Nugget, Las Vegas
Twisted building in Vegas...it was a medical centre !
Cool aquarium inside the Golden Nugget, with a clear water slide tube that goes thru the fishtank..
Fremont Street was great..party night every night, nice safe family atmosphere.
all the usual characters..
overhead light show was fantastic..they even have a zipline ride you can take just below the canopy.

first stay in LA was at Knotts Berry Farm Hotel.....really nice..
Wooden rollercoaster goes over the roadway

Oversize meals as usual...gotta start exercising now.

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