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<\/a>On the first day we went from Albuquerque to Grants, New Mexico\u00a0and from there took a detour through El Malpais National Monument\u00a0(aka the Badlands) and stopped at the Ice Caves\u00a0\u00a0and Bandera Volcano.\u00a0 Both were very cool with the lava landscape and the ice cave which remains frozen year round.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I splashed out and we stayed in the Ronald Reagan Presidential\u00a0Suite.\u00a0 We had some of the best margaritas for a while in the lounge (which was decorated with numerous dollar bills) while also indulging in some Mexican food.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Further along the way we had to drop into the Jack Rabbit Trading Post, where Alice decided she had to ride a large jackalope.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We stopped in Winslow, made famous by the Eagles song “Take it Easy” where of course we had to stand on the corner for the obligatory photos.<\/p>\n We also stopped in for a drink at the Museum Club, which we both agreed was the best roadhouse \/ dive bar we’ve been in for a long time.<\/p>\n We had a complete change of pace the following day with a ride in the parlor car on the Grand Canyon Railroad.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We also had\u00a0a couple of cocktails on the way back including a champagne toast before staying\u00a0in the\u00a0very well revamped Grand Canyon Railroad\u00a0Hotel.<\/p>\n To change the pace\u00a0up a little more, the following day we made our way to the Grand Canyon Western Ranch where we stayed in a cabin on a working ranch\u00a0complete with horses, cattle and bison.<\/p>\n On the way we stopped in yet more\u00a0Trading Posts as well as Seligman where the revitalization of Route 66 was first championed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At the Grand Canyon Western Ranch, Alice had fun in the saloon and jail.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We started the next day with a hearty cowboy breakfast followed by a horseback ride over part of the 106,000 acres\u00a0that belong to the ranch and along the way stopped for a champagne toast (yes there is a theme emerging here).<\/p>\n Then it was on to Kingman, where we ate at some great places including Rutherford 66 Diner,\u00a0Mr D’z Diner and Oyster Mexican and seafood and then got ourselves\u00a0ready for the fun run and classic car and motorcycle show. We went downtown a little early to wait for the cars coming from Seligman and amused ourselves in the Route 66 museum in the old Powerhouse.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Even though it was raining and plenty of water rushing down the gutters, many classic, and some not so classic cars showed up.<\/p>\n The finish was mostly in front of Mr D’z diner – where we ate some great road trip food.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This was a\u00a0most excellent\u00a0week – perhaps best summed up by the photo of Alice having another large, very nice margarita \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week has been a blast as we motored along the Mother Road from Albuquerque to Kingman Arizona, making plenty of stops along the way to check out the scenery, purchase some treasures and visit some fantastic sites. On the first day we went from Albuquerque to Grants, New Mexico\u00a0and from there took a detour … Continue reading Route 66<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waynemorrisoz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>From there we continued onto Gallup, New Mexico\u00a0– a very cool town where we stayed at the historic Hotel El Rancho.\u00a0 This is where many movie stars have stayed, particularly when western movies were being filmed in the area so the roster included stars such as John Wayne and others such as Spencer\u00a0Tracy and Kirk Douglas.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>The next day we made our way into Arizona, stopping just over the border for some Indian Trading Posts that clearly had seen better days.\u00a0 Situated a little down the road was a replica of Fort Courage from the F-Troop TV series (you have to be older to remember this show).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>In Holbrook, we stopped at the very famous Joe & Aggie’s Caf\u00e9 in Holbrook, which was featured in Pixar’s “Cars” movie and also checked out the Wigwam motel – the rooms are individual teepees with cool old vehicles parked outside as part of the d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Next it was onto Flagstaff, a very well maintained town that is primarily a University town.\u00a0 Here we stayed in the haunted Hotel Monte Vista.\u00a0 This evening was a change from following\u00a0in the footsteps of Presidents as we stayed in the Michael Stipe REM room.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fortunately our room wasn’t haunted so we had a peaceful evening.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>This was a great day complete with comprehensive commentary on the train, an excellent hike along the canyon rim, and live entertainment in the form of country singers and a train robbery by cowboys\u00a0(should I call them outlaws?) on horseback.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Here we checked out the famous Snow Cap Diner and many other cool buildings and made some purchases from the gift stores selling Route 66 memorabilia.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Over dinner\u00a0we were entertained by Casey, the cowboy singer\u00a0before gathering around the campfire for more songs accompanied by s’mores and some adult beverages.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>