It was a gray night in Needles; even the full moon didn’t help very much.

Our stop in Needles came after a long day of driving that took us from the close-to-freezing temperature in Flagstaff*, across the desert, through a creepy town that I’ll call “Oatman”**, and then down into Needles, which was hot AF and really pretty depressing.

Oh, the joys of a road trip!

Route 66
Needles, California
photographed 6.1.2023

*Which we didn’t appreciate as much as we should have
**Because that’s the name of the place