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…
In August of 2018, I meet up with dad and we went to Carlsbad Caverns National Park located in New Mexico. There is a little town close to the park. We stayed at the hotel there. You go to the visitor center to get you tickets and you take a elevator down to the caves….
In October 2022, my dad came picked me up in Arizona and we went to some parks on the way to Santa Fe, NM. At some point we drove along Route 66. One of the towns we stop in was Grant, NM. We stayed there for a couple of days. Here is the sign of…
In October 2022, I went to Chaco Culture National Historical Park with my dad and stepmom. This park has different kind of ruins. We went to a couple of them. This first one is a big area where people lived. You could walk through the ruins. It also was five stories high at one time….
While I was in New Mexico with my dad we walked along the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. This part of the trail was located at the Aztec Ruins NM. I did get a stamp for this trail. Old Spanish National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)