Touring America's Parks with Shayne

  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  

There used to be two twin arrows standing here.  The older arrows were made out of two telephone poles. Then restored by the route 66 volunteers and the Hopi in 2009. This was going to be called Canyon Padre Trading Post in the 1950's. Later on, this building was called Twin Arrows Trading Post. It was open from 1955 to 1985. The place closed in 1990 and reopened in 1995 but then shut down for good.  Route 66 volunteers and Hopi restored the buildings 2009 but didn't reopen. This was Valentine Diner next to the trading post. A diner is a classic example of Route 66 "Americana". Diners were prefab restaurants, defined as, "a restaurant shaped like a railroad car", the name derives from "dining car." You can see part of the place in the movie, Forrest Gump. Twin Arrows, Route 66 Arizona  

 After Ash Fork, AZ we drove up to Flagstaff for the night and day.  When we got there it started to snow when we were driving through Williams. We stopped at the railroad station in a few minutes when it was closing.  Got my stamp and souvenirs for Route 66. We found a hotel for the night, and it snowed all night. We try to leave Flagstaff to go to the places but the roads on the highway were icy and they were back up with semi-trucks.  We stayed at the same hotel and watched NCAA Men's tournament basketball all day.  We did leave the next day for the rest of our adventure.

 In 2001, Arizona House of Representatives name Ash Fork "Flagstone Capital of the World." We stopped Ash Fork Maintenance Camp #1; this was the road and highway maintenance camp that dates back 1922 when the National Old Trails highway was built.  It later took over the upkeep of Route 66.  Now it houses the Ash Fork Route 66 Museum and Tourist Center.  The old warehouse is still standing and here is a picture inside.

This is a "mom and pop" Route 66 Cafe that used an eye-catching parapet on the roof with ice cream cones decorating it.  Juan Delgadillo and his family built it in 1953.  He became part of the Snow Cap Drive-In chain of Prescott, Arizona and sold their ice creams until the company went broke in 1997.  Juan negotiated with them became owner of the brand name; this is the last Snow Cap in operation.  

This is Angel & Vilma Delgadillo Gift Shope in Seligman, Arizona.  This building was built in 1914, and it had two residences.  Angel set up his pool hall and barber shop there in 1972 with a striped barber pole in the front. Here is a picture of his barber shop. Here is me with Angel. (paper cut out) In 1987, it became the office of the "Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona", and this prompted Angel (founder and president of the Association) to sell Route 66 souvenirs in his shop.  This new business grew and took over the old pool hall part of the store.