On the Road Again

We dawdled in Glendale this morning, had an early lunch, and pulled out about noon.  Uncle Phil, Elsie, and Paula said their goodbyes to us.  We'll miss them!  We headed north on US 60 and US 93 to Kingman AZ.  Here is a view along the way:

This route is called the "Joshua Tree Parkway of Arizona Scenic Drive" and it was quite pleasant leaving the flatlands of the valley and climbing through gentle grades.  The steepest grades were about 6%.  We stopped along I-40 just outside of Kingman at a campground to get some "Kicks on Route 66" tomorrow.  Here is our campsite:

We are also at a higher elevation (>4200 ft) so we can expect a little cooler nightime temps until we head south once again later this week.  We got spoiled by the upper 70 temps in Phoenix.  We'll be back to the warmer temps later this week.