Another hour east on I-40 through the town of Holbrook on Route 180 will take you on the Southern end of Petrified Forest National Park. I did stop to take a picture at “Wigwam Motel” where the rooms are designed as Wigwams.” I still think they rent rooms too. Plenty of petrified rock was being sold by various venders.…
About an hour east of Sedona on I-40 is one of the “Natural Wonders” of the USA, Meteor Crater. I was tempted to just drive past, but having seen the 1984 John Carpenter’s film, “Starman,” with Jeff Bridges, we had to stop. One of the guides did confirm that the movie’s last scenes were shot here with National Guardsman…
The next day we ventured to Sedona. Our daughter, Pamela, was here several years ago and gave us the dream to visit. We are glad we did. Sedona is a beautiful area tucked in the Verde Valley and Red Rocks. Our Best Westin Sedona Inn was perched on a hillside overlooking this vista. We enjoyed the tour we took with…
We picked up our rental from Enterprise at the Weston and drove five and half hours to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Originally, I told Kathie it would take four hours. We did manage to stop at a historical town called Seligman. It was part of Route 66 trek. We went into the Rusty Bolt to find a cloth…
When we first arrived about three in the afternoon we had the entire hotel by ourselves. By 9:00 P.M., it was totally filled with travelers. If you plan to stay in Winslow, I would make a reservations as selections for hotels are few.We thought of staying in La Posada Hotel, not far from here. That would have been a treat…
In 1968 I didn’t think so. We took a family trip from Florida all the way to California camping most of the way. It was at the Grand Canyon we went to one of those Park Ranger camp fire talks. It was there that we heard of “a walk down the canyon.” We were all excited and decided to take…