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don’t stay here

As appealing as this place seems when you drive by, and as much as you’re likely to start thinking about a vacation to Vega so you can stay here for a while, the fact is that the Vega Motel is closed.

Move along.

Route 66 – Vega, Texas
photographed 10.9.2021

g

Truxton is a one-letter sort of town. And that one letter is G.

Now you know.

Route 66 – Truxton, Arizona
photographed 6.1.2023

trading has ceased

I guess at some point this was a thriving business out on Route 66/Interstate 40. Those days were some distance in the past, however.

Route 66 – Milan, New Mexico
photographed 5.29.2023

mailbox

It looks like someone needs to check on their mail. It doesn’t necessarily look important – I didn’t look through it or even touch it or even open the mailbox – but still: what if their notification about receiving a Pulitzer is in there?

Route 66 – Dolittle, Missouri
photographed 1.28.2023

above ground

As it happened, the day I made this image I was making a mad dash across western Oklahoma in order to get to Oklahoma City before a storm  (that included tornadoes) got there.

I made it…and was very glad that I did.

Route 66 – Sapulpa, Oklahoma
photographed 10.11.2021