66 Motor Palace

Merry Christmas 2013 It’s raining outside and the Jeep looks like crap. Miley is twerking to Jingle Bells Rap. You beat up some kook in an S.O.A. tee. …drive home from the lot with his freshly chopped tree. The wife’s making GIFs for her next tumblr post, you head for the market to steal a rib roast. Your phone starts to buzz as you head out the door. The In-laws again, they’re looking to score. Christmas will be here in just one more night, bring ’em a bottle they’ll stay out of sight. The kids left last Friday to go out and play, they always come home for the big holiday. You pass by a church and think about mass, but you know ol' Santa don’t give a rat’s ass. Arrive at a mall where the parking lot’s packed, the really nice cars have already been jacked. The new “same old” Center’s a mile away. You snag a good space it might be your day. At American Eagle you hear a loud sound. The cops have your dau...

Nothing Epic Other than troubleshooting electrical, overhauling forty-seven year old Jeep switches, and eating, we haven't done much-so we dug through the archives and found a few pictures we may or may not have posted before. Las Vegas, New Mexico 2013 Las Vegas, New Mexico 2013 Goosenecks Utah 2013 A Gooseneck Snow Cap Seligman, AZ 2013 Snow Cap Seligman, AZ 2012 Wall of Death in Pomona around 2007 Wall of death fans in Pomona around 2007 Sportster in Unit H. around 2007 V-Rod and Davida at Unit H. Around 2007 Road King outside Salt Lake City, Utah 2007 

Click to Read THE LEGEND So what do these pictures of Long Beach have to do with the 66 Motor Palace and it's sketchy legend? Jerry's first Trading Post was in this intersection. Who's Jerry? Read the Legend! When I was at my mother's a couple weeks ago she mentioned she'd heard from Jerry and gave me his email address. I stalked him a little and learned that other than a few details I was pretty close. He opened his Trading Post about the time we moved to Texas. It was the "Rocky Mountain Trading Company" but it was in Long Beach. He later moved and opened shop near Boulder Colorado. Last time I saw him was in 1970 around the time he split to Colorado. He's in Greece now and I'll share more and correct the Legend as we go. He sent a picture of the Triumph he and my dad used to tear around the hills with my sister and I at night (we liked it). Jerry and his Triumph TR-3 before he "Tuned in." Baby the Jeep, the ...