After the Mojave we were going to go to Burro Creek campground but for a variety of reasons we decided instead to stop in Kingman, AZ. Kingman is one of the major remaining towns on old Route 66 and has a terrific museum. After doing some research we ultimately decided to stay at the local KOA which was expensive but very clean and safe. Traffic getting in on Wednesday was absolutely nuts with a ton of semi trucks on I-40. We hadn’t seen that amount of traffic in weeks and were happy to make it to our campground.

Since we weren’t due in Tucson until Saturday morning we decided to explore the area, which I love but unfortunately almost everything was closed because of Thanksgiving. We stayed an extra day assuming things would open back up on Friday but every single place stayed closed. Still we had a lot to do including looking at several plots of land in the area. We are definitely getting serious about finding a home base and I wanted to explore the area.

Turns out Kingman is a really nice town with reasonable costs and cooler temperatures. It was awesome paying less than $3 for gas and visits to the local restaurants and pharmacy showed us that the people were really nice. We even met a woman from Ohio who had lived in town since the 70’s and absolutely loved it. Although Kingman itself doesn’t have all the retail stores, it is reasonably close to Laughlin, NV which does. Maybe that’s why everything was closed on Friday…people went shopping!

Even though the visitors center was closed they had a wonderful pull through Route 66 attraction we could do and a gorgeous park with a restored Sante Fe train. Loved it and definitely going back for the museum.

I wasn’t sure what to do about Thanksgiving lunch so we ended up going to Cracker Barrel. Turns out this is the busiest day of the year for the franchise and to support the volume they have a limited menu. Unfortunately they didn’t have ham which I wanted but the service was great and I very much appreciated that they were open and providing dinner to folks who needed a place to go. One of the local diners even had a free dinner, but we chose to not take food away from the people who might need it. After lunch we went out and looked at land and stumbled across a couple of very old Route 66 businesses. One of them was even open and had a ton of souvenirs to pick from. The mannequin in the women’ restroom was weird though.

So what do I think of Kingman. It’s a really nice town with affordable unrestricted land. Every person we met was very nice and genuinely seemed interested in making sure we got good service. What a far cry from LA!! On the downside it is a little colder in winter and farther away from stores like Costco and an airport. Still definitely putting it in the maybe column. Next up Tucson!!

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