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What a nice and easy start to the day. Breakfast and delightful
conversation with author and speaker Jim Hinckley was just a short walk
directly across the street. Jim is tightly associated with Route 66 and
his knowledge of the route certainly runs deep but so does his knowledge
of other old roads and the vehicles and people that traveled them. Today's
topics included Henry and Edsel Ford, bicycles, artificial intelligence,
driving Model Ts and Studebaker trucks, flying in private jets, towing
Fiats, and even some unrelated stuff too. Get to know Jim at
Jim Hinckley's
America.
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Jim had told me about a new Kingman overlook with great views so that's
the first place I went when I left the motel. Great views indeed. The park
is on the White Cliffs Trail System.
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I next drove a bit of older National Old Trails Road south until the
pavement ran out then turned around to enter Kingman properly. All of
these photos were taken on the way back to town.
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The older NOTR hits the newer NOTR/US-66 right beside the long closed
Hotel Beale. A little to the west, the Brunswick Hotel no longer operates
as a hotel but apparently does as a B & B. I stayed there in 2005 while it was still a
hotel. Check out that original Packard sign on the Old Trails Garage.
Depot Plaza is just east of the hotels on the other side of the street. It is where the Kingman Walking Tour narrated by Mr. Hinckley begins. Jim isn't entirely comfortable having a statue of himself in the park but he does appreciate the town's appreciation. I'm pretty sure that I would not be comfortable with a statue of me but I'm also sure that is something I don't have to worry about. Did you notice the yellowish spot near Jim's left hand? I did, and took a closer look. It's a pebble painted with the image of what may be a duck. I have questions. |
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I stopped briefly at the Hackberry General Store but, still not feeling
the need for a shirt or cup, bought a beverage and moved on.
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In Seligman, I visited the
Snow Cap and bought a shake -- with straw. Up the
street, I stepped into Angel & Vilma's Gift Shop and snapped a picture
of bird houses built and sold by 97 year old Angel Delgadillo to raise
money for markers to celebrate the upcoming Route 66 centennial. The bird
houses are built using scrap material. Angel's brother Juan, who died in
2004, built the Snow Cap from scraps in 1953.
Yes, there is more to Seligman than these two businesses and I walked around it with my milkshake. But not much of it would be here without the work of these two brothers. |
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There are several of these roadside verses on Historic Route 66 in
Arizona.
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In Williams, I snapped drive by shots of the closed and for sale Rod's
Steak House and a piece of the
Canyon
Coaster.
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I had to skip part of the pld alignment east of Williams but picked it up
again just beyond Parks. I remember that fence made of skis and I also
remember a small store near here with a couple of Stevens rifles on the
wall. I'm guessing it is on the blocked off part.
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The sign says what I was thinking. During the day, the temperature had
gone from the mid-80s to barely 60. It wasn't done.
I had wanted to get a little farther east today but the two motels I had in mind were both full. I had actually marked the location of the recently redone Americana Motor Hotel and an online flash sale made it affordable. There's a look at my door, from my door, and inside my door. |
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