On the Road Again: Scenes from the Back Roads

This week we’re back on the road, from Los Angeles to Santa Fe and then back again, barreling down route 40 and the sideroads of Route 66, through Barstow, Seligman, Kingman and Flagstaff and many others. As always, I love pulling over and photographing the things that jump out at me. Like the old, once thriving motel that hopes to attract folks with several enticing features. * How does a round bed sound to you? * And if that’s not good enough, free HBO and a color TV by RCA? (I hope it’s a Colortrak!)RCA stopped making TVs in 1986, after the company was sold to General Electric. So this sign has been hanging in Barstow since the 1980s, if not earlier. Passing through Las Vegas, in the bedroom community of Henderson (now the second largest city in Nevada) we had dinner at my favorite restaurant in the world, Juan’s Flaming Fajitas and Cantina, known for their one of a kind fajitas. See the above video for a full 25 second flame show. And they taste great too. We stopped at the Hoover Dam, which finished construction in 1935 and is still one of the modern marvels of the world. It’s in a unique spot, where you park in Nevada, and walk across the water to Arizona. Even though there are two clocks showing different times, Arizona is the one that doesn’t change. It doesn’t observe Daylight Standard Time, except in the Navajo Nation. The Trump Zoltar (yes, there are many large Trump signs, on the side of the road) was spotted at the “Last Stop” gas station somewhere between Hoover Dam and Kingman, and guess what—it wasn’t the last stop. Thanks as always for following the journey!Jeff Get full access to Jefferson Graham's PhotowalksTV newsletter - Tech & Travel at www.jeffersongraham.com/subscribe