66 Motor Palace

Captain Jack's having another party in Denver and we're riding the Sportsters again. This year we'll be spending a little time in the Motor Palace instead of wondering if it really exists! The deal No computer, no iPad...just an iPhone and Leica X2. The blogs will be on the iPhone so pictures may be out of order and without captions. There might be more pictures of food too. Good Morning Still Life with Roach...this is what I'm doing now. How it Started First I overloaded the Sportster. I knew it looked stupid but gave it a try. We got to the gas station around the corner and knew it was a "fail." Once I removed the top bag and rigid bottom liner all was fine. I just won't have any room for souvenirs. The weather was perfect, even Needles was only 109, the rest of the desert was around 100 which really isn't bad when you're moving. We followed rain storms from Kingman to Seligman and didn't catch any 'til we were at Snow-Cap waiting for tac...

 Time once again to hit the Mother Road for some fall fun and a quick check on the 66 Motor Palace in Winslow! Not a whole lot has changed along the route--which is good. For those of you on Facebook, who saw the picture Brian took of Lori taking a picture, well... here's the picture Lori took. Pretty, eh? No 66 trip is complete without a stop in Amboy! Just in case you didn't know, Roy's is open for gas and icy cold beverages, and is certainly one of the favorite stops along Route 66 for photo ops. We'd planned to tour the Grand Canyon Caverns just outside of Seligman (our pal from Joy Ride Vintage in Orange recommended it), but it was getting late and we still had miles to go. We're definitely going to stop on our return trip so check back in a few days for pictures. Instead, we stopped in Seligman for some mighty fine tacos at the DelGadillio's Snow Cap.   By the way, if you want one of those Jeff Decker Hippodrome T-Shirts ...