USA ummm 7?

Wednesday 20th
After our little stop at Kingman, we headed off on Route 66 proper, heading toward Flagstaff, the longest continuous strech of Route 66 is here, and heads up off the I-40 (for a change) and toward the Grand Canyon, part in the Hualapai Indian Reservation, and we stopped at the "Grand Canyon Caverns" now, this is in no way connected to the National Park, but what it is is a massive set of caverns 21 storeys below the ground, the lift takes a full minute to get down there, and as you walk around, you see how well everything is preserved due to there being no moisture there, all bacteria etc dies within 72 hours, there is no life down there at all. Just a few remains of things that were unlucky enough to fall in, (like a bob cat) and some bouquets from weddings they have held down there, that are still in very good condition. there is also a US Government supply of food and water and medical kits etc for 2000 people, as at one point in the cold war, all caverns were designated fall out shelters. Now, I said there was no life down there, so how would humans survive? well there is breathable air, naturally, not pumped down, and at one point they were curious to find where it came from, so they set of red smoke flares and had people up top wait to see where it came out. They waited, and waited, and waited, and gave up, then 2 weeks later someone called to say they'd seen the red smoke coming out of the Grand Canyon! Hence the names, and also, the reason it would make a terrible fallout shelter, after two weeks you'd be breathing radioactive air! Doh. We also saw some great little route 66 shops with t-shirts, number plates, tin signs etc etc in, and even a specifc route 66 map, which we are now using rather effectively! (much easier than normal maps, it has route 66 and some of it's earlier adjustments clearly marked in red :) ) Anyways, we carried alon the 66 to a town called Williams, where we diverted off North, so we could go see the south rim of the Grand Canyon, as always, by this time we were starting to get a bit tired, (everyday seems like 9-14 hours in the car!) but the views were amazing, we took many pictures, and got some information on the area from the observation station, and some very cool elevated views from the watchtower in the Indian Reservation section, and then we headed back down to Flagstaff to find our bed for the night :)