WE DID STAY A THIRD NIGHT IN FLAGSTAFF AT THE 'DE BEAU HOSTEL(156)',ALAS TIME HAS COME TO MOVE ON AGAIN,SO WE LEFT TOWN ON THE EARLY MORNING TRAIN.(157).NOT REALLY,BUT THIS IS AN OLD RAILROAD TOWN AND THE TRAINS STILL THUNDER THROUGH HERE ,WHAT SEEMS LIKE EVERY FIVE MINUTES...CARRYING ON WEST THROUGH ARIZONA WE CAME TO A PLACE CALLED SLEGIMAN WHICH CLAIMS TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF ROUTE 66, CONSEQUENTLY THERE'S A LOAD OF LITTLE NOVELTY GIFT SHOPS -DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION,SO THE CAMERA WENT INTO OVERDRIVE..(158)-(165)THEN WE DECIDED TO TAKE A LITTLE SIDE STEP AND DE-TOUR TO VISIT LAS VEGAS IN NEVADA-HAVE A LITTLE COMFORT AND SWIMMING POOL OPPORTUNITY FOR A FEW DAYS,ON THE WAY WE CROSSED THE MASSIVE HOOVER DAM(166)(167)(MAIN PIC),WE ROLLED INTO VEGAS AND THE HOOTERS HOTEL,(STAYED HERE FEW YEARS BACK SO KNEW WHERE IT WAS) PARKED UP, CHECKED IN AND SAT DOWN FOR A FEW BEERS AND SOME WINGS,CASINO TOUR TOMORROW....