Route 66: The Mother Road (part IV)

After a freezing cold night, I see this cargo train outside of my hotel room in Kingman, AZ.

railway is part of Route-66 too..

the view in the early morning..  freezing cold..

dining area at the hotel

Get your kicks on route 66

the hotel is full of route 66 decoration

an old juke box

this is hall of route 66

most route 66 in towns has blend into other names

looks like they are hiring here :-)

another landmark on route 66

my bike in Kingman

Brunswick, this was the hotel I planned to stay...  too bad that I would have to park my bike on the street..

you see route 66 marks everywhere here

Kingman train station..

another old hotel... but no longer opened for business

Mojave county court house

it's sooo quiet in the Saturday morning in Kingman

Old train, Santa Fe, that used to run here

Route 66 museum referred by a gas station clerk

$4 for admission

old western lift

my wife should be happy that she did not come to the US with me like this.. :-)

old advanturers..

national old trails highway old maps

this was the roads i took from Oatman to Kingman...  long long time ago

Old time immigrants...

this chubby boy reminds me of my son, Harley..

hmm, carrying this many stuff would be too difficult for a motorcycle

another wow....

this would be me and Harley in the west... 30+ years ago...

and this would be my brother Joe and his family..

i see love in this photo

a little movie theater in the museum

Oh yeah...

my bike in front of the museum

To be continued...

Route 66: The Mother Road (part III)

ok, I ride on.  And I see artwork next to the road, miles of artwork.

this artwork actually lasts for many many miles...

this artwork actually lasts for many many miles...

i would really like to put Yahoo! there, but i neet to catch up my schedule... :-(

Oatman, Azrizona

It's another popular town on Route-66

oh, who rode this one here?

old western style streets

the old Oatman Hotel..  over 100 years old.. but too bad it's no longer taking lodgers..

Classy Ass

another Ass-series shop, JackAss Junction.. :-)

i didn't see any burros, but i saw this...

cactus and burros, symbols of Oatman

some old fella

so many old photos here

this sacred me because they put it at the entrance of Oatman hotel

they should start the hotel business again... it will be very popular, i think :-)

more old photos on the wall

Gold camp days...  this was only 37 years ago.  Note that lady on the left carried a gun.

hotel rooms upstairs

This room is very spooky

ok, this one is Oatie's room..

Oatie's bed

Oatie's stuff

when i walked in to his room, I did think about leaving for a little moment :-)

old tracker

Tama's Route-66 Biker Den

before i left the town since it was getting pretty cold, one burro showed up...

sooooo cute :-)

parked with other bikes..

the picture of this shop looks pretty spooky too..

oh my god, it's getting dark..

the view was so magnificent

but this part of Route-66 is pretty dangerous when it gets dark..

moon has came up already

this view is awesome... i will come back again someday..  now, I must keep rolling since I still have a long way to go.

To be continued...