| It is exactly 200 miles from Flagstaff to Laughlin NV | | | | but it is all down hill after the 3600 foot Union Pass |
| and it is mostly downhill as Flagstaff is at 7000 feet | | | | down to the Colorado River Bridge separating Nevada |
| and Laughlin is only 535 feet. So you might say this is a | | | | and Arizona. |
| cyclists dream and yet there are some rolling hills with | | | | This will be an enjoyable ride indeed and a change of |
| some steep grades on the way down to Laughlin NV | | | | scenery and maybe we can get our kicks on Route |
| and occasionally we will be giving back our decent | | | | 66. Still it is 200-miles and we are completely wiped |
| numbers as we go. But for the most part the numbers | | | | from crossing over the Mountains and Painted Desert |
| do not lie and it will indeed be a nice change of pace | | | | into Flagstaff and all those trains all night did affect our |
| and an enjoyable ride down the hills. Check the brakes | | | | sleeping a little. Who knows luck has been with us so |
| and we are good to go. | | | | far, maybe we might win some money in the slots |
| We will head out of Flagstaff to Williams where we | | | | before we have to cross that insane California |
| pick up Old Route 66 and take that all the way into | | | | Desert? Consider all this in your Trek Across America |
| Kingman, AZ and pick up Highway 68 into Laughlin, via | | | | in 2006. |
| over a mountain pass, there is a grade on the way up, | | | | |