Route 66 – Driving the Mother Road – Kingman to Needles

After our usual morning walk, we left Las Vegas early and arrived at Kingman’s Visitor Center, ~100 miles away, around 0930. We’ve stopped in Kingman a zillion times before on our way to and from US-40, and I’ve already written several blogs about our stops there, but we really never tire of seeing it all again. Plus, we’ve never visited Kingman as the first stop heading west on Route 66. We’re excited to be celebrating the Mother Road’s centennial birthday.With 16 Tesla Superchargers, it was a great place to top up the Ioniq while we looked around. The car probably didn’t need charging at this point, but as new EV users, we figured we’d rather be safe than sorry especially since the charge point was so convenient.There’s the big Route 66 Kingman Arch for a photo opp and the Visitor Center itself, which is an old repurposed Powerhouse with a gift shop, lots of maps, brochures and information, restrooms and a museum. There’s an interesting mural painted on the outside of the building…