Kingman to Williams on Route 66
"Beyond Kingman, US 66 follows alongside the Santa Fe railway across the rather barren landscape of the Hualapai Valley, a very wide flat plain that stretches northwest for over 50 miles towards Lake Mead. There is a long sandy side-track (Antares Road), fine for normal vehicles, that passes many scattered ramshackle dwellings typical of the Arizona desert, all surrounded by rusty machinery, abandoned outbuildings and old cars. Other features of interest include Red Lake, a colourful dry lake bed, and large forests of Joshua Trees around the north end of the road, near the junction with the main route to Pearce Ferry."
Not to be confused with Red Lake, AZ, north of Williams. I found one other site that indicated that a salt cavern under the playa may be developed for natural gas storage -- and this confirmed that the playa is indeed Red Lake.
I even found a map of Red Lake! I promise that you'll be impressed. ;-)
There are so many areas in Arizona that "come to life" when it rains, and are so pretty! During the monsoons, we drive up to what is called "Grand Falls". It is part of the Little Colorado River...when it rains, you have these beautiful waterfalls in what would normally be a dried up river bed. You can actually hike down to the bottom of the falls, and there is a cave behind the falls you can go in and watch it from the backside.
I even found a map of Red Lake
That's interesting! I guess I learned something new today too! Thanks!