Route 66

We haven't seen all of route 66 but we have seen the Arizona highlights. Most of it honestly isn't worth mentioning (like Kingman). Sure its a scenic highway but more scenic than others? Not really. What sets apart "America's Highway" is the little (nearly dead) towns that dot it. Once upon a time when these towns where not bypassed by our modern freeways, each developed there own roadside oddities to encourage people to stop, shop, eat, or stay the night. The restaurants along 66 make some people nostalgic and others just wonder how they keep their food licence. That being said we have had the gold standard/holy grail malt milk shake on route 66. This was the milk shake that all other milk shakes are measured against. Simply Amazing. If you ever find yourself in Seligman YOUR LOST, but while your there get a malt.

Along those same lines, there is a restaurant in Williams (by the Grand Canyon) that has a great little place called the Pine Country Restaurant. Maybe the best Huevos Rancheros and homemade pie on earth. It was the thought of that pie that motivated our hike out of the Grand Canyon.

Remember the old Eagles song...

Well, I’m a standing on a corner

In Winslow, Arizona

And such a fine sight to see

It’s a girl, my lord, in a flatbed

Ford slowin’ down to take a look at me

Well that songs the only thing holding Winslow on the map. The whole downtown is dedicated to the Eagles complete with "the corner", two gift shops, and Eagles music blaring twenty-four, seven. We loved it, I have to admit. We took our obligatory picture, and phoned home to tell family we were "standing on the corner in Winslow, AZ" ! Total tourists.

In Holbrook we saw the Wigwam Hotel. Most everyone has seen "Cars", remember the individual tee-pee looking rooms? Yeah, this is where you can find them. They have all sorts of old cars parked around to give it a 50's feel. Some of the cars look like they might have been inspiration for some of the "Cars" characters (or vise versa). The place has seen better days but it was still fun to see. Have you stayed in a Wigwam lately?

In Holbrook there was also a dinosaur themed rock shop. Rocks are old and dinosaurs are old so I guess it works.
So that might be all of the Route 66 that we ever see. These colorful stops make long road trips memorable.