Ahh, beautiful Kingman. The high desert air. Actually, it's a ok-enough place, there's decent food, the surroundings are fine. Arizona I40 off at exit 53 (Andy Devine Blvd; yep, he's from here - from my point of view, most famous as the B-52 bomber commander who rode the nuke down in the fine movie "Dr. Strangelove"). Head north on Mr. Devine's street about 2 miles. Off to the right, best accessed through a trucking firm's parking lot at 3980 E Andy Devine, is a dirt path that inevitably leads first east then south about 0.5 mi to the control point. It's a dusty path, but it appears nearly always passable by 2WD low-clearance vehicles. At least it appears that way. Don't trust it when there's rain.

There are some nice shots using telephoto lens of about 10 miles of straight track here. Headlights will pop up out at Antares Point (NNE of Kingman) but the train will seem to take forever to get to Berry. The pretty vertical escarpment to the north is the Music Mountains and the leading edge of the Colorado Plateau. Atop the Musics is the Hualapai Indian Reservation.

As far as food is concerned, try the Silver Spoon on Andy Devine Blvd (about 2 mi so of I40, exit 53) for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The very best chicken-fried steak this side of Texas, with good biscuits and gravy. And for dinner, the Dambar across the road and a bit further up is good for steaks, with that old-time cowboy flavor.

For gasoline, prices are good at the station at Smith's supermarket on Stockton Hill at Gordon.

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