Day Fifteen: Williams, AZ to Kingman, AZ

We had some breakfast at Smokey's Pancake House in Williams and set out for the day - it was Sunday, so we weren't sure if things were going to be open. Passing through Seligman, there were tons of people in the streets and some of the local shops were decorated with mannaquins.

We stopped and had some ice cream at the Sno Cap - a fun little place with old cars decorated out back and old ad signs and street signs in the garden. The original owner liked to play practical jokes on people so they keep up the tradition today.

I even read about how this place likes to play jokes on people, such as fake mustard squirt bottles and slightly used napkins. So you would think I would be prepared - but no. As we were waiting for our sundaes, one of the guys came around the corner and asked if we wanted mustard on them - as I was thinking, "why would we want mustard on our sundaes?" - he squirted the bottle on me and a long yellow string shot out onto my shirt. I gasped and was genuinely shocked - Ryan, my big supporter, laughed and said "Ha, ha, you got tricked!". Good times.

I love how small towns have these combination businesses - Mini Mart and Cafe (for Oriental Food).

We may have found where Sir Old ScHool is currently employed...

Driving - taking advantage of the bench seat...

We stopped in at the Grand Canyon Caverns. Not nearly as pretty as the Meremac Caverns, mainly because this is a dry cavern and nothing is growing. Most of the rock is actually covered with selenite crystals, which are kind of a plain, white, gray color. It is still impressive to be in these giant caverns though.

We had a great guide, just an old guy who had lived in the area for many years. He told a ton of stories about the place in a thick Southern accent.

In the early 60s, local officials decided to make the caverns a fallout shelter and brought down these barrels of water, boxes of crackers and some other things - it was supposed to sustain 2,000 people. They never had to use them and they never cleared it out, so this stuff is all still down there. Apparently the stuff is stale, but still usable - they even used to give some water and crackers out to guests as recently as 8 years ago.

We drove into Kingman and stayed at the Hill Top Motel with a great view of the valley and the sunset. The owners were nice and had two giant dogs running around. We sat out by the pool for a bit and relaxed.

At the room...