The drive to Kingman, AZ included some impressive views and more sunset photos. In this part of Arizona (and in other farming communities) I have seen SO many white pickup trucks. At one point, there was a huge black drone hovering in the sky… someone spying on travelers? 95 N outside of Quartzsite had some fun “roller coaster” sections with the road undulating up and down. Later near Havasu it was more curvy.
As I drove near Parker, AZ, the radio tuned to AM 1380 KLBZ with excellent music combined with talk radio. This was how I heard the shocking news about Robin Williams. It was even more unsettling when I thought back on an interview I had watched while in NJ: David Letterman was talking to Robin Williams, and I had the strangest feeling that Robin was saying goodbye to Dave. Even more awkwardly, Dave struggled to assure Robin that he would see him again. At the time, I told myself that I was imagining this… so sad.
The scenery along the drive included brown mountains (not the ashen gray of the earlier mountains today). And, it was refreshing to see all of the beautiful blue water along with water skiers in the expanses near Lake Havasu City.
I arrived in Kingman, AZ at 7:33pm with odometer at 23,636 and 50 range remaining and temp at 83 degrees. Busload after busload full of tourists came into this Carls Jr. It was very chaotic with so many people inside and wandering around the parking lot.. I put a navigation plan together and looked up a a rest area where I could stay after charging in Vegas. I left Kingman,AZ at 8:30pm with 195 range to drive on 93 N and 515 N to get to Las Vegas, NV.
It was neat to see the brightly lit city of Las Vegas from high above as the roadway sloped downward. I arrived at the supercharger at 10:24pm with 97 range, odometer at 23,740 and temp at 86 degrees. I set my flip phone alarm and climbed in the back to nap for 50 minutes while charging. Remember, I woke up at 6:30 in the morning, so I was getting tired! At 11:20 pm, I left with 204 range to go to the rest area on 15 South at mile marker 217.
Until later, Frugal Tesla