Thursday, July 18
Yesterday's drive from Mission Viejo to Kingman was a great adventure on many fronts; we were all getting used to traveling in a motorhome, I was getting used to driving the rig, and we were taking in the rugged beauty of the Mojave dessert. The vast landscape was awe inspiring. We all agreed that we had never seen such unique mountains that truly stretched out for miles.
We pulled into Kingman a couple hours later than we had planned (the incline through much of the Mojave slowed the motorhome) and headed to Mr DZ's Route 66 diner. It. looked like what I imagine a restaurant might have looked like in the heyday of the Mother Road. The food was ok. When we plugged the address to the KOA into my maps app, we discovered we were only 5 minutes from our destination.
I am presently sitting under a covered patio right outside the general store at the Kingman (AZ) KOA campground after our 1st night sleeping in the RV. I must admit I was a little apprehensive (and intimidated) at the thought of setting up the full hook-up at our site. Pulling into the campground after hours, we were greeted by an envelope taped to the door which welcomed the Harvill family and gave us our assigned space and Wifi password! When all was said and done (including a quick phone call to Trish to confirm the water hook up) it was really easy to hook up the utilities and, as Mike and Trish said, the motorhome turned into a house. We all slept well and needed the rest.
Today we will make a quick (if that is possible) stop at Wal Mart and begin the 3-hour drive to the Grand Canyon…
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