66 Motor Palace

Bye for now Winslow We accomplished most of our work goals and exceeded our fun plans! It's exciting to see Winslow's renaissance project coming together. The theater is re-opened and busy every night, the Soda Fountain and a Cafe serving breakfast  and lunch should be finished mid summer, the new Arizona 66 Trading Company is open, and of course the Standin' on the Corner store is going as strong as ever. All of this, in addition to several really good restaurants that are already there. The restaurants are a little different here, but it's a good thing. Almost all of them say Mexican and American Food. No matter what they're named or how they look they all serve incredible Mexican food. Bojo's and Brown Mug are walking distance from the Palace and Casa Blanca is about a mile east on Route 66 just past the Falcone. BTW, the red brick building to the center left is the 66 Motor Palace. People come from around the world to stand on the corner. Bubba f...

Today is our 15th Anniversary! Happy Anniversary Lori! Yesterday was nice too Lori took the truck to her parents so I hitched a ride from the motel with "Stoney" (a tile man working on the soon to be Soda Fountain across from us). The mornings have been cool and calm and at 7:00 tourists trickle in just a couple at a time. They're continuing the sidewalk improvements in front of the Motorcycle Parking. Our lamp post and theater reflected in the front window. Looking north to "a corner" with a "flat bed Ford." Old sign and other stuff we've found in Jenny's and the Motor Palace. These guys were heading home from Flagstaff. Pre-dinner exploration We drove out to Clear Creek before dinner to have a look, this is 5.8 miles from the Motor Palace. There's camping and picnic areas along the creek. Swimming and small boats are allowed too. For better pictures see the ones Lori took at   Bondorella ...

Seligman! We scored again at Snow-Cap! Last summer's rooftop show with John Delgadillo's band was followed up with a performance by Angel's band. Seligman is one of the best stops on Route 66, the Delgadillo family makes sure everyone has a good time. Angel is the person credited with organizing the movement to save Route 66. He may also be the inventer of fun. Here's a link.  Angel Delgadillo  then go read all the Wikipedia stuff and visit him, you'll be happy you did! They're playing when the bongo player starts yelling "Brian, your tacos are ready!" Joe and Phil Angel and John Couple random shots Spare bricks Hummer and belly tank in their new home Palace Fixtures We're painting, staining and prepping for tile and flooring. We finally plugged the old Coke Machine in and it worked! It lives! Red Tub Less red 1st coat of Gold Claws British Visitors A wedding Party from England sto...

Derrick at CW Moss has been busy fixing up the his building and recently added a tenant. We were walking to dinner around sunset the other night and snapped this through the corner window. Breaking News!! Jim just found this at the Dixon Swap meet and I bought it while writing this post on my iPhone at the car wash. Technology!

Not Much Work Here We spent this weekend visiting with friends and running dead-end errands. I stopped working on Baby Monday when I ran out of parts and discovered Lori left with the truck keys in her pocket. I used the time to play around with my camera. Old stuff Baby seems pretty excited about her new belly tank. Ram-Cam The G/S is about tired of this garage Winslow Stuff I was looking at some old files and ran across some early sketches of Motor Palace ideas. A couple ideas for the Carriage House facade...doing something different now. Early logo idea First logo idea

Dickies 1922 Heritage Jeans We got our hands on some Dickies jeans from their Heritage collection. These jeans are made at the Dickies work shop in New Braunfels Texas of Cone Mills White Oak denim. The White Oak plant in North Carolina was built by Cone Mills in 1905 and they weave selvage denim on narrow looms from the 1940's. We have a small supply of the carpenter and heavy duty button fly straight leg five pocket styles in limited sizes. These are selling well by word of mouth and we aren't going to put them on our web store until they become more readily available. If you're interested in them give us a call or email 66@66MotorPalace.com and we can arrange a fitting and send you some pictures. International friends please accept our apology, we are unable to ship this product outside the USA. Jeans Chore Coat Baby Except when we go to Winslow later this month we are devoting our spare time (besides riding) to getting the Jeep dialed in. 47-year-ol...