After lots of planning and postponing this trip for a full year in order to make the trip during the 100 year anniversary of Route 66 we're finally on our way. We left Menifee at 9:30 AM headed towards San Bernardino.
Our first planned stop was the Cucamonga Service Station Museum in Rancho Cucamonga. We got there and were only able to see it through the fence because it is only open Thursday-Sunday from 10AM to 4PM.
Our next stop was the Historic McDonald's Museum in San Bernardino. The Museum is free to visit but they do solicit donations. It is small but they have an impressive collection of McDonald's memorabilia from all over the world. If you're a McDonald's connoisseur or an avid collector of Kid's Meal toys then this Museum is right up your alley. We rated it 1.5-2 stars on our self defined rating system.
After the McDonald's Museum we tried to go to the Mitla Cafe for lunch. The restaurant is an historic restaurant opened in 1937 and still owned by the same family. Unfortunately, it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays so we didn't get to try it.
After our failed attempt at lunch we headed to the California Route 66 Museum in Victorville. The Museum is free but donations are suggested. It is a pretty good museum with lots of photos and displays, a vintage teardrop camper, the front of a VW Love Bug, and old truck, and a diner table. You are free to take as many pictures in the museum as you like and the volunteer staff offers to take your pictures as well. It was a worthwhile stop and we rated it 3 stars on the Moorhead rating scale.
After the museum we were really ready for lunch so we headed to Emma Jean's Holland Burger Cafe. It is always rated as a "Must Stop" attraction so we went. The entrance to the driveway was quite steep which caused us to scrap and we bent a couple bolts on the hitch plate, knocked off one of the Snap Pads on the leveling jacks, and put a few small dings in the fiberglass on the bottom edge of the motorhome. The sign on the door was flashing "OPEN", the door was unlocked, a dish of change was sitting on the counter and there was not a soul around. Apparently, the place is closed on Sundays and Mondays. It seems we're starting to see a trend here.
By this point we're hungry enough that we're about ready to eat dirt so we turned around and headed back into town to find something. We came to a large shopping center and went to Farmer Boys for lunch.
We are meeting my cousin, Paula and her husband tomorrow and we will be taking the trip with them. So we started looking for a campground to stay for the night. Shady Oasis looked like a perfect option based on their website. We plugged the location into the GPS and drove back and forth a couple of times and never could find the place. I finally called and basically the lady said, "Oh we don't really do that anymore but if it's an emergency I can probably let you stay for the night." No thanks! I called another place and they had one space that the guy said we could probably get into. Again, "No thanks."
One the the people suggested Mojave Narrows Regional Park. We called, they had room, and the price was right so off we went. The park is pretty nice, level sites, and full hookups. As I write this post we've been here about six hours and Bill stopped counting when he got to 30 trains going past close to the campground. We're talking CLOSE as in 40 yards away.
Well, tomorrow the adventure continues so we'll see what tomorrow brings. Good night!
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