Yesterday, we promised to give you some more information about our free RV camping site.
The above picture was taken from the middle of the old Route 66 highway. This old alignment of the highway is approximately 3/4 mile from I-40, so there is some highway noise at night. This meadow was used during construction of I-40 as a construction yard, and you can see a topo map image of this area at http://www.rv-camping.org/AZ_Williams.html.
There are several shade trees in the meadow, fire pits, and a lot of dead wood piled up around to make the campfire lovers happy, and is in the USDA Kaibab National Forest. This forest consists of over 1.6 million acres, and ranges in altitude from 5500 feet, to over 10,400 feet, and includes 4 wilderness areas. This camping area's altitude is 5865 according to our GPS.
As you walk along the old alignment of Route 66 here, looking in the ditch along the old cracked asphalt roadway, you will see thousands of rusty old cans. We wonder if this was an early day "rest area", or if the cans could be from the I-40 construction.
The old roadway is now called the Old Route 66 Mountain Bike Path. We've seen no bikes, but several vehicles seem to be exploring the area using the roadway as access to more distant locations. You can read more about Route 66 and it's history here...
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