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We slept in, ate breakfast and spent way too much time installing Lori's new swingarm bag to get in any miles in. Fortunately our poor planning and lack of self control provided an excuse to stay at the Wigwam Motel in San Bernardino. On motorcycles...back to your garage Bondorella. Bondorella being shiny (Bonus Picture) An Asian-Mexican fusion breakfast Vintage Bultaco windbreaker that fits! We've been wanting to stay in the Wigwams in Holbrook for a while but It's too close to Winslow if we're going somewhere, and too far if we're working on the Palace. The Wigwam Motel in San Bernardino is only about fifty miles from Orange so we rode North West to get in a little Route 66 exploration. Private dance party at Honey's in Glendora . Gasoline Girls Berdoo? We added just about 30 miles to the ride but managed to kill a few hours and arrived just before sunset. Kumar and his Wigwams . This is weird and it h

We kicked off the last Texas morning in style. With our sights on Mesilla (Las Cruces) New Mexico we blazed through the remaining hills then across the cold West Texas desert (it's winter) to Barnett's in El Paso. Texas food Near the I- 20 and I-10 in West Texas Built by Mule Motorcycles in Poway, CA Outside bathrooms at Barnett's  Harley-Davidson K-Model Mesilla New Mexico was founded in in 1848 ( here's a link  to learn the details). Bottom line is we wanted to see it expecting an old tourist trap (it is) but figured out quickly the food lives up to the hype. Eat at La Posta! If you don't like it bring it to me and I'll eat it. It's a great place to walk around a little too. Las Cruces NM I was standing outside La Posta when I heard this guy coming. Mesilla Chile everywhere! The final stretch from Buckeye AZ went pretty quick. We did a little shopping in Quartzite where I picked up a rug for the Motor Palace and a

Here's a few shots of what was happening in Grapevine Texas before the Superbowl. Winslow  in Texas Still Standin' Here's a couple shots of what's happening in Winslow every day. Motor Palace We might have to leave these spooky windows Northish West Texas Hill Country is beautiful with "Classic American" small towns about every 25 miles green grass, Prickly Pear, and endless rolling hills. We wish we'd had more time to explore but we had a flat tire in the morning and lost about four hours. The up side is we had a good lunch at "Love & War in Texas". Wild Boar and a Catfish Po-Boy. The Wild bore was great and no one frys catfish better than a person with Southern Accent. We got a few shots and I'm making a ride through this country a top priority. "GOD BLESS TEXAS!" Classic Motel with little garages and it's "For Sale"   When we were kids my little sister terrorized the

Photos from a Bonsai Run to Grapevine, TX Holbrook, AZ Good Steaks next to the Wigwam Motel. Holbrook, AZ El Rancho Gallup, NM Santa Rosa, NM is a good Route 66 town with some real good food. The fat man smiling on the sign came from the Club Cafe which served from 1935 'til 1991-2. The Campos family bought it a few years later but the building needed too much repair so they moved the fat man smiling to their restaurant. This place is real good. Joseph's. The fat man smiling isn't Joseph.  Eat here! Club Cafe in the background is where the fat man smiling lived before  the Campos family rescued him. Drive by shot Santa Rosa Childress, TX is on the 287 about half way between Amarillo and Ft. Worth. The highway goes right through the middle of town. It looked better in real life than in these pictures. Morning sun in Childress, TX Mc Lovin' it in Childress, TX Childress looking west More Childress Childress