Thursday, December 16, 2004
From Flagstaff to Needles
This is being posted late as the hotel's purported broadband did not exist.
We woke up on Wednesday with Fraser feeling better and drinking 10 oz of Pedialyte, but he was still very tired and lethargic. We decided we would leave in the early afternoon and let Fraser catch up on sleep. This also meant we would bypass the Grand Canyon as we wouldn't have enough time to stop there and have a reasonable drive on Thursday to Carlsbad. We grabbed lunch at a diner on Route 66 that had lots of trains, which was a big hit with Bella, so we decided we would stop by the historic train station in downtown on the way out of town. As you can see, Bella got to see a real big train up close.
After that, we hit the road for a short 3 hour drive to Needles, CA, just across the border from AZ and in the middle of nowhere. We arrived here in time for the puking to start again and make for a tough night again. Probably the highlight of the night was Bella winning two stuffed animals(penguin and a bear) in the metal claw machine. It was in theory her last try and somehow she got two with one grab.
Only 350 miles to go, a stop through Joshua Tree National Park, and hopefully no more puking.
We woke up on Wednesday with Fraser feeling better and drinking 10 oz of Pedialyte, but he was still very tired and lethargic. We decided we would leave in the early afternoon and let Fraser catch up on sleep. This also meant we would bypass the Grand Canyon as we wouldn't have enough time to stop there and have a reasonable drive on Thursday to Carlsbad. We grabbed lunch at a diner on Route 66 that had lots of trains, which was a big hit with Bella, so we decided we would stop by the historic train station in downtown on the way out of town. As you can see, Bella got to see a real big train up close.
After that, we hit the road for a short 3 hour drive to Needles, CA, just across the border from AZ and in the middle of nowhere. We arrived here in time for the puking to start again and make for a tough night again. Probably the highlight of the night was Bella winning two stuffed animals(penguin and a bear) in the metal claw machine. It was in theory her last try and somehow she got two with one grab.
Only 350 miles to go, a stop through Joshua Tree National Park, and hopefully no more puking.
