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54 GRAND CANYON EDITION 2019 HISTORIC ROUTE 66 PHOTOS BY COURTESY PHOTOS BY COURTESY WILLIAMS, ARIZ. PHOTO BY GRANT ORDELHEIDE
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Everyone has to travel at least one section of Historic Route 66 in their lives. Established in 1926, the legendary road stretched 2,448 miles from Chi-

cago, Ill., to Santa Monica, Calif. In bad times, migrants fleeing the Dust

Bowl in the 1930s traveled on Route 66 to California, their cars weighed down by possessions and unrealized dreams. In good times, World War II veterans saw the road as a path to freedom, loading their families into cars to explore the Americana of small-town Route 66, California’s sunny beaches and Disneyland.

While it was completely decommissioned in 1985 and replaced by five interstates, you can still drive on the remnants of one of the nation’s most iconic highways. In Chicago, you'll find a sign marking the start of Historic Route 66 at Adams Street and Michigan Avenue. From there, you'll pass through the quirky small towns that lined the original route in Illinois, Missouri,

Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. As you stop in towns like Williams, Ariz., and Seligman, Ariz., you'll realize they have done the impossible. They have frozen time, offering the past as a present-day experience. You'll hear it at the vintage gas stations playing 1960s music. You'll taste it in your homemade root beer and hamburger in 1950s-style diners like Mr. D'z in Kingman, Ariz. You'll feel it as you drive the open two-lane road that cuts through some of the country's vast stretches of prairie and desert.

Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac may have captured the experience best in On the Road when he wrote, “ ... all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you’re alive to see.”

What follows are some of the road's high-lights, particularly when your wheels tra-verse New Mexico and Arizona, home to the longest uninterrupted stretch of Histor-ic Route 66.

Plunge deep into Americana on this 2,448-mile odyssey from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif. We've highlighted the New Mexico/

Arizona stretch of the Mother Road.

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1. NEW MEXICO MINING MUSEUM WHY GO:Navajo

sheepherder Paddy Martinez discovered Grants' uranium reserves in 1950, which led to a 30-year mining boom. Explore the museum's exhibits and replica uranium mine. TIP: Call ahead and request a tour with Jack, a former uranium miner.

2. EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT

WHY GO: The monument's visitor center is in Grants, making it easy to learn about the area's volcanic past.TIP: Hike around a cinder cone volcano on an easy-to-moderate 3.8-mile loop in the El Calderon Area.

3. ROUTE 66 ARCHWHY GO:Completed in 2016,

the drive-under neon arch in Grants is shaped like the iconic Route 66 emblem. Park under it to get a great photo.TIP: The arch is off of I-40's exits 81 and 85 on Route 66.

4. ROUTE 66 VINTAGE MUSEUM & DOUBLE SIX GALLERY

WHY GO: Located in downtown Grants, this museum features vintage Route 66 postcards and a 1923 Model T Ford. TIP: Nearby is Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum. Liz Taylor's third

husband failed to see the airport's beacon in 1958 and fatally crashed his plane into Mount Taylor.

5. GALLUP NATIVE ARTS MARKETWHY GO: Few places enable you to meet

Native American artists under one white tent where they sell their work during a three-day event Aug. 9-11, 2019. TIP: Look for Navajo artist Aaron Anderson who pours molten silver over porous rock to cast his jewelry.

6. BILL MALONE TRADING CO. WHY GO: Bill

spent more than four decades running trading posts for others before opening up his own store. You may see his wife Minnie in the store weaving. TIP: Take time to talk to Bill who can answer questions.

7. NUGGET GALLERY, PERRY NULL TRADING CO., TANNERS

INDIAN ARTSWHY GO: Started years ago, all three Gallup trading posts are family run with the next-generation playing lead roles. TIP: Nugget Gallery and Perry Null Trading Co. offer online shopping.

8. EL RANCHO HOTELWHY GO: Built in 1936, this rambling

hotel in Gallup is a true Route 66 classic, attracting Hollywood stars like Ronald Reagan in its early days. Rooms are named after actors, and their autographs fi ll the second-fl oor walls. TIP: Grab a drink at the 49er Lounge, arguably the town's best-stocked bar. Visit Ortega’s Jewelry Store in the hotel before heading to the bigger shops in town.

Learn more at Galluprealtrue.com and grants.org.

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Stop in Grants and Gallup for Route 66 lore and a dive into the trading post scene. Within two hours of Gallup live 1,000 Native American

artists who make 70 percent of Native American art sold internationally.

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Red Rock Balloon Rally, Red Rock Park

Find views.Find views.

Plan your next life-changing adventure www.GallupRealTrue.com

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GALLUP, N.M. TO HOLBROOK, ARIZ.

96 miles, 1 hour and 28 minutes

Have you slept in a wigwam lately? If not, pull over in Holbrook and stay at iconic Route 66 mainstay, Wigwam Motel. In your teepee, you'll � nd cable TV and air-conditioning, surprising modern upgrades in a motel village built in

1950 and still managed by the Lewis family. When Route 66 was the hot destination for the na-

tion, there was a gas station on nearly every corner in Holbrook. Today, you'll � nd a new twist on some of the old buildings. Mr. Maesta's serves Southwestern food in a converted gas station that is � lled with antiques. Romo's Restaurant is housed in a pink stucco building that o� ers

friendly service and great Southwestern food. For dessert, drop by TrinaBop Cakery & Co� ee, which opened in 2018 in a former drive-in restaurant where carhops delivered meals to customers' cars. And Roxy Theater may be one of the last Route 66 movie theaters still open.

What hasn't changed is Holbrook's central location to a number of national park sites, including the nearby Petri-� ed Forest National Park.

“We are really centrally located,” says Cindy Tafoya, director of the Holbrook Chamber of Commerce. “And our hotels are more a� ordable than other communities.”

At Petri� ed Forest National Park, you'll discover two

WIGWAM MOTEL IN HOLBROOK, ARIZ.

P A R K S T O PStop in Holbrook, Ariz., the gateway town to Petrifi ed Forest National Park.

PARK FANATICS! Learn more about Petrifi ed Forest National Park at MyGrandCanyonPark.com/petrifi ed-forest

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We are a short 19 miles to the south entrance and 25 miles to the north entrance of the Petrified Forest.Known as a hub city, you can head in any direction each day and visit the Petrified Forest National Park, Homolovi Ruins, Window Rock, Canyon de Chelly, the Mogollon Rim, White Mountains, and many other scenic sites and attractions. Then return within the same day to affordable lodging and great places to eat. While in town, visit our Old Court House Museum, take a self-guided tour of our old west past, tour the Petroglyph Park, or reminisce about the heyday of Route 66 while visiting sites such as the Wig Wam Motel, Roxy Theater and other historic buildings. Holbrook is centrally located on the historic Route 66 with access to Interstate 40 East and West, Highway 77 North and South, Highway 377 South-west, and Highway 180 Southeast. We are excited to have you choose Holbrook as the base camp of your next road trip.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Holbrook Chamber of Commerce: (928) 524-6558 • Web: http://www.holbrookazchamber.com/

City of Holbrook: (928) 524-6225 • Web: http://www.ci.holbrook.az.us/

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things you may not � nd at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon: solitude and a warm welcome for your pet.

You can bring your pet anywhere, except the park's buildings, making it one of the most animal-friendly loca-tions in the park system. Rangers like to point out that even the park's name begins with the word “Pet.”

It's also one of the least crowded national parks. And with the new addition of backcountry hiking areas like Martha's Butte (no one recalls who Martha actually was) and Red Basin, you can route-� nd on your own or go on a guided ranger hike. The 2-mile out-and-back Martha's Butte hike leads you to a stunning solar-marker petro-glyph that gets covered exactly in half by shadow during the summer solstice. At Red Basin, you'll � nd petri� ed wood, petroglyphs and vibrant badlands formations.

And of course, there's the Painted Desert where you can hear the sound of silence as you gaze at a pink-hued landscape that changes colors with the sunset.

“It's a beautiful spot,” says longtime local Francie Payne who serves as a city council woman. “I just love the Painted Desert. It used to be more about petri� ed wood. Now it's about dinosaurs and so much more.”

A little more than an hour away is the Hubble Trading Post National Historic Site, the oldest operating trading post on the Navajo Nation in Ganado, Ariz. Just under two hours away is Canyon De Chelly National Monument in Chinle, Ariz.

Learn more at holbrookazchamber.com.

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HOLBROOK, ARIZ., TO WINSLOW, ARIZ.

33 miles, 32 minutes

I t can be argued that Winslow, Ariz., was saved by a song and a boarded-up hotel slated for demoli-tion.

For years, Winslow was the cele-brated heart of northern Arizona. Beginning in 1917, it was home to a Hubble Trading Post warehouse, part of a vast trading em-pire of Native American wares. It served as headquarters for the Santa Fe Railway. It was home to the � nest Harvey Hotel in the Southwest, La Posada, which opened in 1929 to the tune of $40 million in today’s dollars. And Route 66 ran right through downtown.

But people stopped traveling by train, La Posada shut its doors in 1957 and Route 66 was decommissioned in 1985 and replaced by I-40 that bypassed Winslow. And contrary to the 1972 Eagles hit song Take It Easy that put Winslow on the pop culture map, there was nothing easy about these changes.

Today, Winslow is in the midst of a renais-sance, having revived some of its most iconic attractions. Pull over to visit Standin’ on the Corner Park featuring a bronze sculpture of a man standing on a corner and a vibrant trompe l’oeill-style mural of a girl in a � atbed Ford. You also can dine or sleep in the stun-ning 54-room La Posada Hotel restored by Allan A� eldt, his wife, artist Tina Mion, and

hotel general manager, Daniel Lutzick. It was A� eldt who read about La Posa-

da 23 years ago when it appeared on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s endangered list. He traveled from Laguna Beach, Calif., to see the hotel designed by visionary architect Mary Jane Colter and instantly fell in love. Slated for demolition, A� eldt convinced the railway to sell it to him. In the hotel, you’ll � nd the award-winning Turquoise Room restaurant run by James Beard-nominated chef John Sharpe.

But don’t miss Winslow's stretch of Route 66, which has the original concrete roadway on 2nd and 3rd Streets. Rather than pave over it, Winslow residents decided to grind up the old pavement and reuse it.

“It really means something for people to stand on the original Route 66 roadway,” says Bob Hall, CEO of Winslow Chamber of Commerce.

There are also 12 art galleries. Find out more by downloading Winslow's free app in the app store.

Stop by the Winslow Chamber of Com-merce/Visitor Center in the 1917 Hubbell Trading Post warehouse, 523 W. Second St., or go to visitwinslow.com.

It's as deep as a 60-story building and as wide as 20 football fields. More than 2 million fans could watch games from the crater rim.

But to really comprehend the vastness of Meteor Crater near Winslow, Ariz., it's worth pulling off I-40 to see it yourself.

When the meteor hit Earth 50,000 years ago, it left a crater that remains the best preserved impact site on Earth.

"What people do not realize is that experiments still take place here," says Dwayne Virgint, general manager of Meteor Crater Enterprises. "A few years ago, a Mars rover found some rocks. Within days, scientists were here to investigate whether those rocks were the same as those found here."

Visitors can gaze at the crater from viewpoints and bask in the air-conditioned visitor center to watch a 10-minute film, see fascinating exhibits and learn about the astronauts who trained there.

Find out more by calling 800-289-5898 or at meteorcrater.com.

STANDIN' ON THE CORNER PARK IN WINSLOW, ARIZ.

R E N A I S S A N C E T O W NIn Winslow, see the best eras of the Southwest brought back to life

from Native American lore to Route 66.

Explore Meteor Crater

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Williams, Arizona has something for everyone. Plan a visit and see why visitors have fallen in love with Williams.

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ExperienceWilliams.com • (928) 635-4061

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WINSLOW ARIZONA To plan a visit

Download our FREE mobile APP (search for Winslow AZ)

or go to www.visitwinslow.com when you’re here. stop by the Chamber/Visitor Center at

523 W Second St...we’ll tell you about all the “fine sights to see”

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Just three miles from Winslow lies Homolovi State Park where you can stretch your legs, tour ancient ruins and spend the night in the campground un-der dark night skies.

“Even though it is right o� I-40, not many peo-ple know about it,” says Michelle Thompson of Arizona State Parks. “It has great trails, sweeping views of the east-ern part of the state and you can see petroglyphs and walls of old Hopi residences.”

Homolovi is Hopi for “Place of the Little Hills,” which was the original name for present-day Winslow. The Hopi lived in the area from 1200 to the later 1300s, and today researchers work with the Hopi to piece together the history of the area. Because it's far from any metro area, the park o� ers fantastic stargazing, including a new observatory, and star parties with rangers who share their knowledge of the night skies with travelers.

Learn more at azstateparks.com.

H O M O L O V IJust off of I-40, this state park is a hidden

gem in plain sight.

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91 miles, 1 hour and 26 minutes

You'll feel as if you stepped back in time to the heyday of Route 66 when you pull into Wil-liams, just 60 miles south of Grand Canyon National Park's South Rim. Explore its vibrant historic downtown where you'll hear the great-

est hits of the 1950s and '60s playing on seemingly each corner. You'll discover a ton of Route 66 memorabilia and souvenir shops, as well as restaurants that bring to life the 1950s and 1960s. Fuel up on lunch at Grand Canyon Co� ee

and Cafe. Or head to Cruiser's Route 66 Cafe to see Route 66 memorabilia and eat classic American food. For a fancy meal, head to Red Raven Restaurant downtown. Then, leave your car behind as you head to the train depot to ride the Grand Canyon Railway for the � nal 65-mile stretch to the Grand Canyon.

You'll learn vegetable oil literally fuels the railway’s Lo-comotive No. 29 and No. 4960, also known as the French Fry Express. Collected from restaurants in the Grand Can-

COOL BREW Kick back and celebrate Grand Canyon's 100th birthday with a cold special Centennial beer at the Grand Canyon Brewing Co. at 301

N. 7th St., in Williams, Ariz. There’s a tasting room and restaurant with burgers, brats and pizza. Plus, watch a game on TV or play pool, darts and shuffleboard for free. Make advanced reser-vations online or by phone

to tour the brewery’s new production facility. Or check out Brewcade in the back of Cruiser’s Route 66 Cafe downtown. Relive the '80s with vintage arcade games while enjoying a microbrew; grandcanyonbrewery.com

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yon, Phoenix and Williams, Ariz., the recycled oil emits 50 percent less carbon emissions than diesel fuel. In addition, passengers who take the train to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim reduce vehicle pollution and tra� ic by an estimated 70,000 cars per year.

But riding the train is also just plain fun. Back in the day, President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir paid $3.95 to ride on the rails. Today, the Old West lives on with staged train robberies and cowboy sing-alongs.

When you return to historic Williams, take a walk on the wild side on the outskirts of town at Bearizona Wildlife Park in Williams, Ariz., on Route 66 just 60 miles south of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. It may be your one op-portunity in your life to see a white bu� alo.

“You can see animals up-close that you normally couldn’t,” says Diana Roggenbuck of Bearizona. “We res-cue about 50 percent of our animals and give them homes when they no longer can live in the wild. It’s about educa-tion and fun.”

Afterwards, stroll Fort Bearizona Walking Area that includes a raptor program and barnyard petting zoo. In the Canyonlands Restaurant, you’ll � nd canyon walls, an-cient-looking ruins and soaring wood-carved eagles.

“It’s an attraction on its own,” says Roggenbuck who adds there are great views of the jaguar enclosure from the restaurant.

The restaurant serves everything from burgers to salads and sandwiches and features two bars. The best part? Food is served quickly, giving you more time in the park.

“Every time you drive through, you’ll see something dif-ferent, be it a bear on the road, in a tree or wolves howl-ing,” says Roggenbuck who reminds passengers to stay in their cars with doors and windows closed.

Learn more about Williams at experiencewilliams.com and Bearizona at bearizona.com.

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131 miles, 2 hours and 16 minutes

Few know that Egyptian camels are to credit for helping break trail on what would 75 years later become Route 66. Valued as a “winterproof” route across

the Southwest to California, Route 66 would become one of America’s most iconic roads. There's no better place to learn of its storied history than to pull o� Route 66 in Kingman, Ariz., and visit the Arizona Route 66 Museum. Its extremely well-done exhibits tell the story of the road through the people who traveled it with incredible artifacts and photographs. It's right across from the legendary Mr. D'z Route 66 Diner whose sta� has been � ipping burgers since 1929.

“Until people go through the museum, they don’t really see the big picture,” says Joshua Noble of Kingman's tourism depart-

ment. “We really � ll in the blanks.”You'll see heartbreaking photos and life-

sized depictions of the Dust Bowl refugees and whimsical stories of post-World War II America. There’s even an exhibit on the legendary Burma-Shave signs that lined the route, promoting Al Odell’s father’s ailing shaving cream business with silly sayings like “He's nifty and thrifty–looks 30 at 50.”

“Initially, it was about nostalgia,” says No-ble about people traveling on Historic Route 66. “But now it’s part of a cheap and easy family road trip. It’s not just about going to Disneyland or going to Phoenix for spring training. People want to experience the drive as well as each destination.”

Visit the museum at Kingman's his-toric Powerhouse, 120 W. Andy Devine Ave.; gokingman.com.

EL TROVATORE MOTELBuilt in 1938 by a Las Vegas devel-oper, this classic 66 landmark was Arizona’s first air-conditioned hotel. See the restored 100-foot-high neon sign, the world's largest Route 66 map or stay the night. The reno-vated Hollywood-themed rooms still retain their original charm; 1440 E. Andy Devine St.; eltrovatoremotel.com.

HOUSE OF HOPSLook for the vintage neon Kingman Club sign, which had been dark for 21 years until owners Terry and Stacy Thomson opened up Kingman’s fi rst craft beer, nitros and fi ne wine tap house in 2015. This 50-year-plus mainstay has gotten better with age; 312 E. Beale St.; thehouseofhops.com.

MR. D'Z ROUTE 66 DINERIt started as a gas station in 1918, and this classic diner with black-and-white floor tile, a jukebox and colorful booths, has great food and a friendly staff.; 105 E. Andy Devine Ave.; mrdzrt66diner.com.

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