Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
On 7/20/2024, Me and my mom went to the Western National Parks Association and saw a video about some desert National Parks. There are four deserts in the southwestern United States. The Mojave Desert, located primarily in southeastern California and Southern Nevada. The Sonoran Desert, which occurs in southern Arizona and extends into California, and…
On July 29, 2020, I went to the Grand Canyon for my third time. It was a nice and not crowded. This was during the COVID time so people weren’t out. Me and my mom stayed at a Bed & Breakfast called Trapper’s Rendezvous in Williams, AZ. It was very cute and unique to stay…
Cool Springs cabins, tasty foods and gas station was a popular spot along the way of Route 66. The gas station was built in the 1920’s and then abandoned in the 1960’s. During the 1960’s there was a fire that destroyed the building. In the 1991, the building was partly rebuilt to be blown up…
In the last few weeks I saw a three part movie called West of the West – Channel Islands at WNPA. It was very interesting. First part was about Ancient Peoples: they discovered that people lived on the island in the very early days. Second part was about Settlers: there used to be ranching on…
Welcome to DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun On 3/14/2021, me and my mother went to this Gallery for DeGrazia. 6/14/1909 – Ettore “Ted” DeGrazia was born in Morenci, Territory of Arizona 1920’s – First painting was “Indian Faces.” 1941 – Arizona Highways magazine first publishes DeGrazia’s Art 1952 – DeGrazia hand builds the adobe Mission…
This is Durlin Motel that was opened in 1902 but later it came Oatman Hotel. Now there is a restaurant, bar, ice cream and shop there. For the restaurant it is you have to find a table when it is open. Very good food and they also had music there too. This hotel survived a…
Oatman was chosen in honor of Olive Oatman, who was captured and enslaved by indians. Oatman is a little gold mining town on route 66. When the minors left town they left burros behind. Alot of the hang around town. They are taken care of by the town. There is a certain food you can…
There is use be a town called Topock, AZ. This was where the last stop from Arizona on route 66 to go into California and first stop to go into Arizona on route 66. Topock was developed in 1883, as construction began on a wooden railroad bridge over the Colorado River. There is nothing left…
Old Trails Arch Bridge is a National Register of Historic Places. Why? The road use to be apart of route 66 going from California. This bridge was in the movie The Grapes of Wrath. After the route 66 got change to a different road they changed the bridge to a former railroad bridge but now…
This AT& SF steam engine #3759. In 1883, Kingman was established as a railroad stop, Kingman was a water stop. This “Mountain Type” coal-burning steam locomotive was built in 1927. In 1941, it was converted to use oil. It retired in 1953, having traveled over 2,000,000 miles. Passenger service from Los Angeles to Kansas City….