Route 66

 We had no intention of traveling or stopping at any of the route 66 touristy spots alone the way and thus far have not.  What a crazy waist of time it would have been.  You see all the cool picture on line and in reality it is a bunch of run down towns much like Radiator Springs was before Mater and the gang revived it.  We did however only travel a couple hundred miles of it and blew right by all the crapola!  Yes there is history and yes it is a shame to see the towns just wasting away but on the other hand there is probably some really cheap real estate for anyone wanting to live in a desert waste land.

Dick golfed yesterday in the desert.  What a trip!!  Thus far I have not seen the beauty of the desert that everyone talks about but perhaps that is yet to come.  I may just be partial to grass and trees! I almost died when I saw a giant snake shed wrapped around a tumbleweedy cactus plant. As it turned out it was jus a piece of brown 1" weathered strap. Yea, I wouldn't have died any way. Snakes don't bother  me. We had plenty of black rat snakes living in our basement in Maryland. 

There was a pretty desert sunset at the camp last night and lots of prickly things!

we washed the bazillion bugs off the 5th wheel and the truck and are ready to roll. We should wait til tomorrow for there will probably be drinking and much needed R&R tonight! Going to visit the world biggest pistachio today. Watch for a most interesting update in the near future.

*Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that have not wit enough to be honest*