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Less than 200 people still live here. It dates from 1895 when gold was discovered nearby.The rest of the day was taken up with the journey into Los Angeles and a final night stay near the airport ready for a morning flight back to Manchester via Newark.
Overall an excellent trip (about 3,000 miles ) with plenty of images 80  odd films - a mixture of Velvia,Provia and Sensia and about three hours of hi-8 video.

On the final day just enough time to visit Randsberg, a ghost town about 60 miles northwest of Barstow. If you like peeling paint, weathered wood, rust, old bottles then you'll have a ball. Good place to test your creativity and powers of observation.

DAY 21

After an hour or so here it was back onto Route 66 and then onto Barstow for the night with one full day to go.

Later climbed up through the Black mountains to visit the ghost town of Oatman. Some Ghost town ! an old mining town full of visitors, wild burros roaming the main street, old buildings,  gift shops etc. in the middle of nowhere. The adobe style Oatman Hotel, top right of the picture was where Clark Gable and Carol Lombard honeymooned in 1930's.

DAY 20

Continued along Route 66 and stopped many ties including one at Hackberry (NE of Kingman) to visit the Old 66 Visitors Centre. Bob Waldmire (on right) who ran the centre is now in Illinois.His great work at the centre will be carried on and its a fascinating place to visit.

DAY 19

All good things come to an end and this was the first day of the return journey. South through Flagstaff - almost unrecognizable from when I stayed there in 1982 and onto Sedona but eh roads were really busy and after a couple of stops for fall colour it was back to Route 66 to see how far I could get before nightfall. Eventually I stayed at Seligman and remaining on Route 66 was much more interesting than belting along Route 40. An overnight storm was just clearing next morning as I left Seligman so it was a good opportunity for some sky pictures.

 

 

 As you will see from the above map it was quite a long trip lasting three weeks with quite a few highs and a few lows. The flight via Newark from Manchester ( UK ) to SF was delayed quite a bit so combined with a wait for my hire car I set off to my first motel quite late. Luckily it turned out to be only a block away so my driving skills were not to be tested that first evening. The changeover in Newark was an opportunity for a few pictures and as you can see below you get a view of the New York skyline from Newark airport.