Touring America's Parks with Shayne!
National Parks, State Parks & Other Places
Here is El Vado Auto Court Motel, built in the 1937. “Vado” in spanish means ford. It had 32 rooms and a filling station. It was built in Spanish Pueblo Revival style. Later the pool was added and the gas pumps were taken out. The motel is still open for guest to stay on Route…
The motel started as Alta Vista Motel in the 1950’s. By 1967 there was a single L shaped building on the eastern side of the property, by that time it was the Whiting Brothers Motel. The Americana’s neon sign is actually the original Whiting Bros sign with the WB shield removed. For more information on…
Here is one of motels along Route 66 in Albuquerque, NM. 6214 Central Avenue Southwest. It use to be called La Hacienda Camp. Dates back to 1947, boom days for traveling after WWII. It had 21 rooms and sunken garden. It dropped “La” from its name and is now the Hacienda Motel but sign is…
I stopped by here a couple of years ago. This is a cool place to see. They have old trailers and cars you can look at. This trip we didn’t go looking around. I did get some stuff to add to my collection. At this place you can still park your trailer and stay the…
I bet your wondering why I have a picture of the streets. This use to be the route 66 street that you would take from Albuquerque, NM. When driving down this street was complete darkness until you get to a town. We were going to the casino on this street.
This bridge was used for Route 66 travel going in and out of West Albuquerque, NM. The bridge crosses the Rio Puerco and was built in 1933. Located 19 miles from west of Albuquerque. It was built to carry a past alignment of US 66 over the Rio Puerco, in 1997 the bridge carried as…
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…
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…