Edward Is Everywhere

  Hackberry General Store Hackberry, AZ is effectively just the general store and a few acres of land around it. It is very much worth a stop for a drink and to look around. I went there twice, once in the evening on my drive east, then again when I came back west. The store is a low building that has it's front wall covered in stickers. There is a good sized parking area there. The address is 11255 E. Hwy 66, Hackberry, AZ 86411.   It used to be a gas station and there are at least 7 gas pumps out front, however, they are not all the same kind so they are probably not all from there (or at least not all active at the same time). There are also a few picnic tables out front if you want to stay for a while If you are traveling Route 66 you should know about the Route 66 passport. some visitor centers will give it to you free, other places charge a nominal fee. It has photos of various places along Rt-66 with a few bullet points about them.  For many of them there is also s...

Kingman, Arizona, with a population of over 32,000 is one of the larger cities on Route 66 that I visited this trip, only Flagstaff was larger.  Kingman also has other stuff going on besides Route 66, it has long been linked to travel, Beale's Wagon Road, which became part of Rt-66 ran through Kingman, and Kingman as a city got it's start as a railroad siding near Beale Springs.  Kingman Visitor Center  Kingman Visitor Center (and museum) is the obvious place to start. I went there twice and it was closed both times (it closes at either 4pm or 5pm depending on the day). It is also right on Route 66 and near several blocks of Route 66 attractions.  In addition, there is a Tesla Supercharger in the parking lot and a small dog park.  The visitor center building was once a power generating station and is itself a historic landmark.  Locomotive Park Directly across the street from the visitor, the big thing (and I mean big both as in large and as in most i...