Originally Posted by cblaisd
I'd highly recommend driving the old Route 66 from one town west of Williams (where you'll come back to from the south rim) to Laughlin. If you don't want to drive the whole thing, the most spectacular scenery is the section from Kingman (where old 66 again meets up with I-40) to Laughlin.
Great idea. And if you do it, be sure to stop in Oatman. Not for the scenery so much as for the really camp Old West and the wild burros that roam the streets. There's a restaurant/bar with a really good musician most of the time, too.