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historical building
Yes. This is an historical building. I know that because I read that sign.
Travel tip: be really careful pulling back out onto the road after a photo stop. It’s sort a blind-curve-in-both-directions deal and can get exciting if you’re not careful.
Route 66 – near Arcadia, Oklahoma
photographed 10.11.2021
LSTA
The last part of Route 66 was a long-ass (and slow) drive from Albuquerque to Santa Monica. In the summer. It was about a million degrees everywhere we went, except for Flagstaff. It was a delightful 35 degrees the morning we were there, which was a fine way to wake up – all that cool mountain air coming through the open window of our room.
To celebrate the coolness, I wandered around downtown for a while.
And then got in the car and headed out. The stop that night was in Needles, California, which just SOUNDS like it’s hot. (And if you call 113 degrees hot, then yes: it was indeed hot there.)
back of Hotel Monte Vista
Route 66 – Flagstaff, Arizona
photographed 5.31.2023
pointed
Happy Halloween, y’all!
Here’s a pointy roof – perhaps reminiscent of a witch’s hat? – to help with the celebrations.
Route 66 – Conway, Missouri
photographed 1.28.2023
#3
While labeling something as number three definitely implies the existence of numbers one and two, that may not actually be the case right here…
Route 66 – Paraje, New Mexico
photographed 5.29.2023
round beds, you say?
…and this begins a bunch of posts with photos from my collaborative Route 66 project. Since October 2021, photographer VC Torneden and I have worked on a project we call The Other Side; we’re documenting the overlooked parts of Route 66, the small (and dying) towns, odd signage, and anything else that captures our attention.
It’s important to note that here in Barstow, you can find remodeled rooms AND round beds in the very same location. That’s a travel win, right there. Possibly.
Route 66 – Barstow, California
photographed 6.3.2023
One Day | One Image 