Touring America's Parks with Shayne

  When my dad and I were going out to dinner this was a motel that we passed by on Route 66. The Saga Motel, at 820 West Highway 66 opened in August of 1961 and was operated by Barabara and Ray Larkey.  The 29-unit motel was later owned by Edward J. Canepa, a Flagstaff civic leader who died in 1973.  It is now the Saga Budge Host Inn, and the beautiful blinking blue neon name on the facade remains.

 Wow, it has been a while since I have been on here.  In October 2025, my dad and I took a week trip up to the north of Arizona to see some cool things. On our first day we drove up to Flagstaff and looked at some more Route 66 places.  The sign that I saw was Downtowner Motel located on the southwest corner of Phoenix and San Francisco.  It was originally the home of K.J. Nackard, who owned a store nearby. He converted his home into a motel on Route 66 in mid 1920's, in 1933 added a bunkhouse and in the 1935 the wing that closed the court.

  These statues are located on W. 2nd Street and N. Kinsley Ave.  Take it Easy is a song from The Eagles. Song lyric: Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona.

 This was one of the Hubbell Trading Post.  It was a warehouse and wholesale store in Winslow, AZ. Lorenzo Hubbell began trading with the Navajo from Pueblo Colorado AZ in 1878.  He ended up owning 24 trading post and freight lines.  In the early 1920, he opened this trading post in Winslow. In 1954, his empire went bankrupt. The building is still standing and now it is the visitor center in Winslow, AZ. Winslow, Route 66 Arizona  

This use to be called the Barringer Crater which in turn was named after Daniel Barringer who suggested its meteoric origin when most scientists believed it to be an extinct volcano.  Later on the name changed to Meteor Crater.  This is U.S. National Natural Landmark. Diameter: 0.737 miles Depth: 560 feet Rim rise: 148 feet Meteor Diameter: 160 feet Meteor type: iron meteorite Mass: 300,000 tons Impact speed: 28,600 mph Impact energy: 10 megatons Rubble layer thickness: 690 - 790 ft above the bedrock There is a fee to get in.  There are exhibits and displays.  They have a film to watch. The Apollo craft is there to see. There is a tour you can of walking around the rim for a fee.   Meteor Crater: A Must-See Natural Wonder | Top Things to Do in Arizona

This was the second zoo in Two Guns, AZ.  It was behind the Texaco gas station.  The first zoo closed when Route 66 was realigned in 1939. This is behind the zoo. Two Guns, Route 66 Arizona