There Once Was A Man From Two Guns, AZ...

After our stay in Las Vegas for two days
We had to change our west and south route ways
It will sure be a beast
As we start our trip east
Now it’s time for our “Route 40” phase.

Now I would be quite the approver
For the Colorado River water mover
It’s tall and it’s grey
The largest in the world, they say
Yes, I speak of the dam they call Hoover





















If you go there, use much sunscreen please
From your forehead and down past your knees
It’s the best advice I’ve got
‘Cause it can get wicked hot
It boiled up to 126 degrees.











Into Arizona we carried our load
Switching from freeway to a two-laner mode
They say “you’ll get your kicks
On Route sixty-six”
It’s the stretch they call the “Mother Road”.
















On this road about which I’ve just spoken
You could take your time peering and pokin’
But it’s cool just to see
Most things here are kitschy
Even though it’s all run down and broken.


















Give the Colorado River a hand
For the job it’s done changing the land
Not through powerful explosion
But long time erosion
And making the Grand Canyon grand

















So we traveled out there on a whim
And we walked all along the South Rim
Your footing you must keep
For it can be a mile deep
And a slip off the edge would be grim




















For these next couple nights we would stay
At the Williams, Arizona KOA
No hotel rooms with keys
Or luxurious amenities
It’s tent camping when we hit the hay

For dinner that night; Steak and Brews
So many restaurants in Williams to chose
Outside all the hotels and bars
Lined up old vintage cars
For the Route 66 Saturday Night Cruise

















So from here we decided to go
To a town in A-Z called Winslow
It was kitchiness gold
And we did what we were told
By The Eagles song you might already know (Take it Easy)

















Down Route 40 our car was flyin’
While the Arizona sun was fryin’
We pulled over our ride
To a Route 66 roadside
That advertised live Mountain Lions

















For the traveling Mr. or Ms.
66 is the place for old-timey biz
If you’re searching for that or this
It is quite hard to miss
The big jackrabbit sign “Here it Is”

















Now dear reader, did you ever know
That in the U.S. there’s a new Mexico?
Though it wouldn’t be right
To drive through the night
Albuquerque is as far as we’d go

It was quite late when we got in there
Tired, hungry, and worse for the wear
So we went in half way
To the Church Street Café
And ate the best of their Mexican fare

















Be you a seasoned traveler or not
There is one thing we both forgot
It was a rough night we spent
Lying there in the tent
New Mexico really gets hot

We woke up at this morning’s dawn’s crack
We packed up the car and we made tracks
To a sight really great
In the old Lone Star State
To see Technicolor Cadillacs

















So on any long trip headed east
Where just could anyone feast?
Where one person could take
A 72 ounce steak?
The Big Texan Steak Ranch, not in the least!

















Now our car ride is taking a while
As we’re going down mile after mile
There’s just one thing I say
To make traveling okay
And that’s update your blog limerick style