#Oatman Hotel

[roadsidepeek]

Love the one your with The 3 burro amigos greeted me outside the Oatman Hotel which dates back to 1902 and has been a favorite place to stay for movie stars such as Clark Gable and Carole Lombard who honeymooned here in 1939. Word is laughter and whispers can still be heard from the vacant room that they stayed in. Oatman AZ #roadtrip #roadsidepeek #route66 #oatman #arizona #worldinmyeyes (at Route 66, Oatman Az) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxsW97LbU1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#roadtrip #roadsidepeek #route66 #oatman #arizona #worldinmyeyes

[travelroute66]

Friday, June 29, 2012, continued... Oatman Hotel, squeaky sign. "The Fine Art photography of Frank Romeo." Look for my Route 66 Galleries here: http://frank-romeo.pixels.com/

#route66 #route #66 #oatman #arizona #hotel #astrology signs #road #trip #sign #small #town #travel #americana #wall #Architecture #photography #buy #fine #prints

[hellonew-yorkgirl]

19. Tag 28.4.2009 Wieder auf der Route 66 über die Berge

19. Tag 28.4.2009 Wieder auf der Route 66 "Als wir aus dem Ort auf der Route 66 raus fuhren, kamen uns dann doch noch ein paar Esel entgegen. Wirklich "wild" waren sie zum Glück nicht - ganz im Gegentei - steckten ihre Schnauze ins Auto um zu betteln"

Strecke: Las Vegas – Barstowgefahrene Meilen: 337 mMotel/Hotel: Days Inn Barstow I-15Preis pro Nacht: ? Las Vegas – Kingman – Oatman – Needles – Barstow Nach dem Frühstück auf dem Zimmer – einen Kaffee gabs wieder von Starbucks – fuhren wir aus der Glitzerstadt wieder über den Hoover Dam zurück nach Kingman. So schön und bunt und unterhaltsam Las Vegas wieder war, sind wir doch froh, heute…

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#Amboy #Bagdad Cafe #Barstow #Black Mountains #California #Clark Gable #Las Vegas #O.C.California #Oatman #Out of Rosenheim #Roadtrip #Route 66 #Sitgreaves Pass

[stormtrprinstilettos]

What is your favorite state you’ve ever been to? Some friends and I are planning a trip to America when this COVID mess is done and we don’t know where to go

Well it depends on what you’re looking for. My favorite places for hiking and camping are Colorado and Utah. My favorite places for relaxing and being away from everything while hiding in the mountains (and some hiking) are West Virginia (seriously it’s gorgeous) and Tennessee.

I don’t know how long y’all are going to be over this way, or how you’re planning on traveling, but if you’re going to road trip (strongly recommended!), fly into Chicago, rent a comfy car (maybe even a convertible), and take Route 66 to Santa Monica. Great for some bonding time and there’s some pretty unique (we’ll go with that word) things to see along the way. It’s like a step back in time - really vintage, especially in New Mexico (seriously, Central Ave. in Albuquerque at night is fantastic with all the old neon signs and dingy hotels and stuff... and Tucumcari is fun to do some urban exploration). There’s a cool ass ghost town on the Texas-New Mexico border. And if meat is your thing, there’s a place in Amarillo, Texas with the best steak you’ll ever eat in your life. And there’s a drive-in movie in Missouri if you hit it at the right time. You can hit the Grand Canyon and see the burros in Oatman, Arizona! I can go on forever about this seriously so I’ll stop.

Send me a message! I love to plan trips and give advice! ♥️

[route22ny]

Not having the opportunity to visit the Oatman Hotel too often, we weren’t happy to see that the Carole Lombard-Clark Gable honeymoon suite was closed for renovations when we arrived.  But I got a peek at the bar, which is wallpapered with money.  Gable was reported to have spent evenings playing cards with the locals of the Arizona mining town in this very room. 

Photos from November 2013; we returned some years later and actually saw the fabled “suite.”

More about the Lombard-Gable wedding and its myths here.

#Oatman Arizona #route 66 #classic hollywood #original photography

[spectralarchers]

Two years ago, I was landing in Indianapolis, Indiana and was met there with an amazing friend, @kate-katiehawkeye picked me up from the airport, and with her, I took off into what would end up being a 21.500 kms (14.000 miles) long Roadtrip across 23 state lines and from one end of the United States to the other.

We slept in a tent, and experienced bears, bison and coyotes in the camp, but we also slept in at the haunted Stanley hotel (thanks for that, Stephen King), saw dinosaur tracks, aliens in Area 51 but more than anything, we saw the remaining glaciers in Glacier National Park. They will be gone by this time next year.

This is a non-exhaustive list of the things we saw:

🏞️ National Parks and Forests: Garden of the Gods National Park, Rocky Mountains National Park, Arches National Park (and a hike out to Delicate Arch), Mesa Verde National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Monument Valley Tribal Park (it's not a national park, but is as important as them!), Grand Canyon National Park, Slide Rock National Forest, Lake Mead National Recreational Area, Death Valley National Park (and temperatures of 57'C / 127'F), Angeles National Forest, Sequoias National Forest, Sequoias National Park, Yosemite National Park, Humboldt National Forest, Wasatch National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park (and its Canadian partner, Waterton), Little Big Horn National Monument, Mount Rushmore National Monument, Badlands National Park.

🏞️ State Parks and Forests: Finger Lakes State Park, Ray Robert's Lake State Park, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Palo Duro State Park, Clayton Lake State Park, Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Rifle Gap State Park, Mancos Lake State Park, Storrie Lake State Park, Redwood Forest State Park, Salt Lake State Park and Custer State Park (where they saved the species Bison!)

⛲ And all the other landmarks we saw along the way: Cahokia Mounds, the Gateway Arch, Black Jack Battlefield, Little House on the Prairie, Old Red Museum, Sixth Floor Museum (where JFK's shooter was positioned when the killing shots were fired), Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Clayton Dinosaur Footprints, Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings, US Figure Skating Hall of Fame, US Olympic Center Colorado Springs, Denver Museum of Science and Nature, Stanley Hotel, Pioneer Cemetery at Glenwood Springs (where Doc Holliday's remains are buried, just as Kid Curry's), the 4 Corner Monument, Acoma Pueblo, Oatman AZ (where Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable had their honeymoon), Las Vegas, the Luxor Titanic Exhibit (with real items from the Titanic), Hoover Dam (no Transformers in sight, sadly), Area 51, Calico Ghost Town, Warner Studios, Griffith Observatory, Solvang, the James Dean Memorial (placed at the intersection where he lost his life in a car race), the California Academy of Science, Golden Gate and Alcatraz, Francis Ford Coppola's Winery, Utah Olympic Park, Sundance (where they host the Sundance Film Festival), Waterton, Buffalo Bill Museum of the West, Old Trail Town, Devils Tower (where they filmed Encounters of the Third Kind, which is shown every night at the camping center), Crazy Horse monument and Mammoth Site, the Corn Palace, as well as Elk Horn, Waverly (because that's where Hawkeye is from) and a whole bunch of other places too.

And, I got to meet some of y'all and those are days I will forever cherish in my memory ❤️

#tgar

[ontheroute66-blog]

Giorno 12 - Via da las vegas

18 settembre

Come noto, quel che succede a las vegas resta a las vegas.

In nevada non si pagano tasse, si può acquistare un’arma senza licenza se hai i fatidici diciott’anni ed è legale il gioco d’azzardo.

È anche consentito l’uso ricreativo della marijuana, ma non nei luoghi pubblici, compresi hotel e casinó. Quindi ovunque a las vegas.

Oh signore, l’ipocrisia dei legislatori.

Ha iniziato a fregarci mentre scendevamo da nord-est, da st.george, dove i mormoni di brigham young coltivavano cotone e seta con la benedizione delle acque del virgin river. Sembrava un mare e non lo era, se non di luci balorde. Sembrava doverci emozionare e invece non lo ha fatto. L’incanto della strip di notte, dalle vetrate della nostra camera al piano ventisei del magnificente mgm, è svanito la mattina.

Spente le luci sembrava rho.

- Restano sparsi disordinatamente i vuoti a perdere mentali dimenticati dalla gente.-

Bennato, in “feste di piazza”, pensava alla strip.

Stare a las vegas senza voler giocare al casinò è come andare all’oktoberfest da astemi, credo. Forse peggio, perché l’effetto straniante dei solitari con bevanda, whisky o snack che spingono monete dentro le slot, senza emozione, con l’occhio perso in mani sbagliate di poker, ho faticato a lavarlo via.

Le uniche risate sulla strip ce le ha strappate l’incontro con federica e le sue amiche. Avevamo incontrato questa giovane brianzola sulla metro di chicago, appena arrivati negli states e confrontando i programmi di viaggio avevamo scoperto di dover essere a las vegas nello stesso giorno. Ci fossimo dati appuntamento, sicuramente non ci saremmo trovati.

Via da las vegas, quindi.

Finalmente ho capito perché nicolas cage scelse di venire qui ad ammazzarsi di alcool. Facile come comprare un’arma, solo più costoso.

Puntando a sud lungo il confine tra nevada e arizona, in un’ansa del colorado a un’ora e mezza da Las Vegas, abbiamo intravisto laughlin, la sua succursale per poveracci. Figuriamoci un po’.

A costi popolari si possono avere luci, gioco d’azzardo, puttane, gangster, discoteche e uno scazzo forse più ruspante. Ah ecco, invece delle piscine ci sono spiagge vere e puoi sfrecciare nel colorado con la moto d’acqua.

A posto così.

Appena oltre, ritroviamo la nostra bella route66, in versione bloody. È infatti l’antico tratto che percorre le black mountains, una scenic drive molto emozionante che consente di scovare oatman, un residuo del vero vecchio west. Era una ricca cittadina di minatori e cercatori d’oro, che adesso fa da museo stradale del tempo che fu. Che fu, peraltro, molto ricco, se nel 1941 fruttò $ 40milioni in oro, una cifra pazzesca per l’epoca. Pochi anni prima clark gable sposò la lombard e iniziarono la luna di miele all’hotel oatman, sulla main street. Risulta che gable non sparì via col vento, ma spesso tornò a giocare a carte con gli amici minatori.

Alle pareti del ristorante stanno incollate migliaia di banconote da un dollaro con scritte e dediche, si narra per un totale di centomila dollari.

Di certo oggi la cittadina è il regno di cento burritos resi alla vita selvaggia dalla rovina delle miniere, mangiano alle spalle dei turisti, invadono i cigolanti ballatoi tarlati che fanno da marciapiedi. Quando litigano e scalciano sulla main street, vengono sgridati da un’energia signora che punta il dito minacciosa, abbassano le orecchie e tornano a ciondolare la loro grigia pellaccia.

Respinti ancora una volta.

#ontheroute66

[orphancookie69]

1/2022: Lake Havasu City, AZ!

I am back, back from where you say? Back home in Cali after a short get away to Lake Havasu City, AZ! What did we do? Most of the same thing, with some new things! 

Saturday: 

We drove up on a Saturday afternoon, with traffic mostly not there! We drove over to Javelina Cantina for dinner. I may sound controversial when I say this, but its a nice breath of fresh air to not have to wear masks everywhere. Javelina is great mexican food, and the second best Margarita in town. We stopped for some restocking of wine, cheese, and coffee. We watched a couple of movies on Netflix and went to bad waaay too late. 

Sunday: 

What better way to start off the day than with Shrugrues for brunch? Complimented with a Chocolate Martini. Man, I am not typically a Martini person but this place makes a killer drink. The brunch menu itself is really good, has some different things on it and even its basic items are done well. We rested after that and got ready for dinner at Angelina’s Italian Kitchen. This right here is the best Italian in town. You need to try the Cannoli. 

Monday: 

The other great breakfast place is Makai Cafe. Its got the greatest people, classic home made food, and awful coffee. Its great. We walked along the london bridge to walk off food, its such a cool bridge! It is actually from London! The shops on the other side of the water ways are so cute. There is a casino on the “california” side that you can pay $2 to take a boat to/from. The boat is great, do not sit on the bottom (the top is better...Thats What She Said). It was closed, but it looked like it wasn’t bad. Problem is, the only thing that is there is the casino. Dinner was Azul Agave, this is the best place in town for anything but especially Margaritas. There is like no ice, I think they freeze the fruit? So good. We also watched a couple of things on Amazon Prime, did you know there are now four Hotel Transylvanias? I did not. 

Tuesday: 

Our last full day in town! I got my partner’s hair done at Secrets of Beauty Salon, Brandi, the world’s best hair dresser, runs and operates that establishment. After that we all headed to Oatman! I was told it was a ghost town, but its the most lively ghost town I have ever been to. The wild donkey are so adorable! The buildings are old, and yes I did put a dollar bill on the wall of dollar bills. Its that kind of place. The road getting up there and back is windy as hell. Everything was donkey themed, like really all that ass bro! We ended up going back to Azul Agave for dinner when we were back in town. Everything there is good that is the place to try something you have never had before. We came back to the condo and played Farkle, for real money. No risk, no reward right? 

Wednesday: 

We left about 6 am (AZ time) and made it home in about 4 hours or less. We stopped by Wendys for a frosty, and ended up trying their breakfast. This will probably be a future post but their breakfast is not nearly as good as other places. It was about 10 AM when we got back to SoCal, given we lost an hour coming back. It made for a whole “feeling off” ness for the rest of the day. Did you know gas out in AZ was like 3.25? 

Had a great time. Nice to get out, see people, and just get away from it all. Came back and just got right back into being responsible and getting shit done. Can you believe we are almost done with January of 2022? 

#rant #lakehavasucity #arizona #roadtrip #family #california #foodie #foodporn #javelinacantina #mexicanfood #brunch #shrugrues #chocolatemartini #italianfood #angelinasitaliankitchen #whoatemycannoli #breakfast #makaicafe #thatswhatshesaid #AzulAgave #secretsofbeautysalon #oatman #farkle #norisknoreward #lookatallthatass #londonbridge #timechange

[unabashedoperallamasports]

at Oatman Hotel and Saloon https://www.instagram.com/p/CUEcbVKLFjg/?utm_medium=tumblr

[marcellusbitsandpieces]

Bits and Pieces - The Oatman Massacre Story 7/11/21

This week, I gave a presentation to our local DAR chapter, Captain Samuel Felt. Because this month’s program issue was American Indian and a local speaker was not available, I became the speaker.

To those of who do belong or have belonged to small groups with dwindling memberships, you understand how this works.

Though I do not have native people in my genealogy, I do have an interesting story involving the American Indian people. I thought I would also share it with you.

Maybe you recall in the 1960s a TV show hosted by Ronald Reagan titled “Death Valley Days.” One of the episodes dealt with the story of a family from La Harpe, Illinois, near Nauvoo.

Nauvoo, Illinois was home to Joseph Smith and was the 1840s headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). With Smith’s murder a succession challenge developed. Brigham Young took a group to Utah and other splinter groups journeyed to other westward points.

A great-great-great-grandmother on my mother’s side was the aunt to one of the families that met up with and then followed the splinter group of James Brewster along the Santa Fe Trail toward California.

This family was Royce and Mary Ann (Sperry) Oatman. They had seven children: Lorenzo, Olive, Mary Ann, Carrie, Lucy, Royce and Roland. My relationship to this family is through the mother, Mary Ann Sperry.

Royce had had both business failings and health issues. He thought heading to New Mexico would be better for his health. The family with seven children, ages 17/16 – 1 year old, headed off from Fulton, Illinois.

The family was in Missouri when they met up James Brewster and his party called Brewsterites.

Along the way many arguments within the group left several families separating for other destinations or staying put and settling early. Eventually even Royce Oatman left Brewster to head off on his own with a few others. In the Arizona region of the New Mexico Territory, warnings were given about the danger of advancing Indian groups which had made the area unsafe and threatening.

Though the rest of the families decided to stay put, Royce felt that he had a good rapport with the Indians and wanted to continue. It is said by those who knew Royce, that he “would rather suffer calamity than back down.”

Nearly within reach (only about 120 miles) of their destination in California, the Oatmans ran into difficulty at the river near Gila Bend. The oxen refused to cross the raging river. Near what is now Yuma, Arizona the Oatman family stopped to wait out the river.

They had little food and the animals were weak. On the morning of February 18, 1851, about 17 Indians (according to Lorenzo) approached the family. Royce shared what he felt he could and refused any more.

The discussion grew heated, clubs came out and that is the last Lorenzo remembered of the event.

Olive and Mary Ann were kidnapped. But the rest of the family was massacred except Lorenzo who was left for dead.

The four oxen were butchered for meat, the wagon stripped of whatever they wanted, the girls had their shoes removed so they couldn’t run away, and then marched 3-4 days back to the village.

Life with this tribe was difficult. Over time, a nearby group of Mohave Indians would come to this village to trade. After a few times and seeing the girls, the Mohave brokered a deal to take them in trade.

The wife of the Mohave chief “took” to the girls. Olive and Mary Ann were tattooed with blue from the powder of a stone. This was for religious identification in the hereafter – not as a label as a slave to the tribe.

Though life for Olive and Mary Ann was not as brutal as before, starvation became a way of life. Mary Ann grew weaker and eventually died. Olive stated that had it not been for the chief’s wife, Aespaneo, who gave Olive the last of her food – she, too, would have perished.

In the meantime, Lorenzo continued to search for his sisters. He had been found still alive in the camp by some who followed later and came upon the massacre. The men who found Lorenzo took him to a nearby fort. He was later taken by a local doctor to San Francisco.

As the railroad and other developments emerged in the southwest, Olive was discovered, ransomed back and returned to white society. After all her time away, this was not an easy acclimation.

Lorenzo read about her in a paper, and they were reunited in February 1856 – 5 years after the massacre.

Lorenzo and Olive were befriended by a Reverend Royal B. Stratton. Stratton was a Methodist minister. He used his friendship with the brother and sister to write their story.

However, much of his version is untrue. Even Stratton admits that he disliked Native Americans and used false information and personal opinions. He wrote what would sell. His book is titled, Captivity of the Oatman Girls.

The version of the family’s and Olive’s ordeal that is most accepted is Margot Mifflin’s, The Blue Tattoo.

The Arizona DAR purchased an acre of land near the site of the massacre and erected a granite and concrete monument with bronze marker. It is marked and dedicated at Oatman Flat near the Gila River by Route 66.

Lorenzo married in 1860. He farmed and held various jobs. He died in 1901 in Red Cloud, Nebraska while working on the construction of a hotel there.

Olive went on many speaking tours around the country, and married in 1865. She married John Fairchild whose brother was killed by Apaches in a cattle drive. John and Olive moved to Texas where he bought a bank and became very successful.

When Olive died in 1903, John had her body encased in an iron coffin so it would not be disturbed by Mohaves. She was 66 years old. Quite a life.

[travelroute66]

Friday, June 29, 2012, continued... Oatman Hotel and several forms of conveyance. Plus a ghost upstairs. "The Fine Art photography of Frank Romeo." Look for my Route 66 Galleries here: http://frank-romeo.pixels.com/

#route66 #route #66 #oatman #arizona #hotel #road #trip #roadside #attractions #travel #america #wall #art #photography #buy #fine #prints

[anthonycalascione]

Howard’s quarter-century on the Copperstate

(Editor’s note: During the month of April, the Journal presents a series of stories about vintage rallies and vintage racing. Today, Howard Koby looks back at his years covering the Copperstate 1000 vintage sports car rally for this publication and others. If you have a story about your participation in a vintage rally or race that you’d like to share, please email us at [email protected].)

About 25 years ago, I happened to be in Phoenix and was heading to the Phoenix Art Museum when I stumbled upon a closed-off downtown street with an array of beautiful vintage and classic cars.  They were lined up for what looked like the start of a road rally. 

Being a full-blown “car geek” and automotive photojournalist, I had my trusty battery of Nikon (film!) cameras in my car. I hurried back to get the tools of my trade, then rushed back to the action.

“What’s going on?” I asked. 

Copperstate cars rally through the tall pines near Flagstaff in northern Arizona

The answer was the Copperstate 1000 Road Rally. Instinctively, I started taking photographs.

The Copperstate 1000 takes place in April and puts a group of passionate car enthusiasts and their pre-1973 vintage sports and grand touring cars on a thousand-mile adventure through the Arizona desert and, at higher elevations,  pine forests. 

After making contact with the organizers, the Men’s Art Council of the Phoenix Art Museum, I hit the road on my first Mercedes-Benz (the title sponsor at the time) Copperstate 1000 in 1997, on assignment for the late Mike Cook, editor of the Jaguar Journal (club magazine). 

I was pleased to learn that the rally served as a fundraiser for the Phoenix Art Museum and the 10-90 Copperstate Foundation, which provides emergency benefits to families and dependents of officers injured or killed in the line of duty.

Every year as a safety measure, a handpicked group of Arizona DPS motorcycle officers provides an escort, riding ahead of and behind the rally cars. 

‘Field of Dreams’ at Tempe Diablo Stadium

Usually, there are about 80 to 90 rolling automotive works of art on the Copperstate that engage with the beautiful scenery after blasting off from the Phoenix area. In recent years, at least until the pandemic, the starting point has been Temple Diablo Stadium, spring training for the Los Angeles Angels baseball team, which is turned into a “Field of Dreams” car show. 

Rallies need routes and as the Copperstate route book once noted, “Trust in Motherhood, Apple Pie and your Route Book.” The book not only guides the Copperstaters but each year introduces them to a different and challenging route.  

One year it might lead them to the northern part of the state, starting up the Beeline Highway toward Payson and beyond, or it might take them through Prescott, or to historic Route 66 in Kingman and on to Oatman, where Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spent their “honeymoon” at the Oatman Hotel in 1939. 

Sedona, The Grand Canyon and Monument Valley, even visits into Utah and Nevada, have provided spectacular scenic runs that left me breathless. 

Southern routes take the cars through the grassy ranch lands of Patagonia, Nogales (at the Mexican border), into the unmatched beauty and serenity of the Saguaro National Park, and Tucson, known as the Old Pueblo.

Barry Meguiar fills the 1932 Duesenberg from the Imperial Palace collection

The late Leon Mandel, who was publisher of AutoWeek magazine, participated in many Copperstate rallies and referred to this “Orgy of automobility as the ‘Great American Car Revival,’ where participants share a belief that no time could be better spent than in an interesting car on a mean road in the company of like-minded people.” 

For many years, the event honored a Grand Marshal, including the likes of Bobby Rahal, Brian Redman, Phil Hill, who drove his 1930 Pierce-Arrow Cab in 1996. Also, Lyn St. James, Stirling Moss, Bob Bondurant and Barry Meguiar, who arrived with Richie Clyne in a 1932 Judkins-bodied Duesenberg coupe from the Imperial Palace Auto Collection in Las Vegas.

Meguiar and Clyne had their hands full piloting the 6,000-pound machine, working its vintage brakes while descending from 9,000-foot elevations. 

“We used everything… brakes, gears, parking brake to keep from losing it.” Meguiar said. “But we had a great time and a good workout!”

In 2003, I covered the Copperstate (Bondurant was Grand Marshal) for the old Car Collector Magazine and landed the cover with Randy Reiss’ fabulous fly-yellow 1962 Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta SWB. This late-series steel-bodied Prancing Horse with a booming V12 engine, Borrani wire wheels and outside Monza filler cap was one of my all-time favorites, although not for riding shotgun with Reiss, who drove it at unmentionable speeds.

The Leventhals’ 1953 Ferrari 340 MM

As I reminisce about wonderful memories of the Copperstate, I am reminded that it is not a competitive rally but a lifestyle event and celebratory exploration of the Arizona outback with the exquisite scenery of the American Southwest. It’s like a field trip for grownups, with catered lunches delivered in the middle of the desert.

Another favorite vintage machine that has been on many Copperstates is Rick and Nancy Rome’s exciting 1955 Kurtis 500 Swallow Coupe that was originally prepared for racing by Mickey Thompson to run the La Carrera Panamericana in 1955 (only to have that event canceled). The car still maintains its original Lincoln 317cid “Y” block engine with front disc/rear drum brakes and torsion-bar suspension.

And of course, there’s Michael and Katharina Leventhal’s stupendous 1953 Ferrari 340MM Le Mans Spyder that has run the Copperstate several times. 

“It’s a beast with amazing torque and brute power,” Leventhal notes. “Visually, I just love to look at the car… it’s like moving art.”

Stephan Norman and his 1928 Bugatti in Las Vegas

In 2005, the tour stepped into Las Vegas, and I immediately thought of getting the provocative 1928 Bugatti Type 44 Roadster owned by Stephen Norman to downtown on Fremont Street for a photoshoot with all the glittering casino lights as a backdrop. Norman agreed and we roared off. 

When we arrived downtown, the “one-off” Bugatti caused quite a stir with 100s of tourists that had never seen such a car. “What kind of car is that?” bellowed out from the crowd.

My favorite route was the 2007 journey that included two scenic wonders — the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Zion National Park in Utah. I’ll never forget, as our wagon train traveled through six climate zones from the Sonoran Desert up past the San Francisco Peaks and through the solitude of Navajo reservations and reaching the geologic beauty of Zion National Park, the sight of Jess and Eddie Marker as they came whizzing by in their ultra-light 1969 Lotus Type 14 Elite.

After 25 years attending the Copperstate, there are too many favorites to mention, so hopefully the selection of photos will speak for themselves.

Jess and Eddie Marker and their 1960 Lotus Type 14 Elite at Zion National Park

Rick and Nancy Rome and their 1972 Ferrari 356 GTB-4 Daytona

Harley and Colette Cluxton in their 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC

1971 Ferrai 365 GTS4 Spyder

Brent and Debbie Berge in their 1960 Aston Martin

1941 Packard at the Wigwam Motel on old Route 66

Bud and Lauri Florkiewica and their 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500

1968 Ford Escort

1956 Chrysler 300B

AZ DPS officers make sure Copperstate contingent is safe along the route

1955 Kurtis 500 Panamericana

1965 Shelby Cobra 289

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[theexperiencecollectors]

Oatman Hotel Restaurant & Saloon Dollar bill bar in historic Oatman, Arizona USA. Experience flashbacks! This place was awesome, the walls & ceilings were covered in dollar bills all signed by tourists and they serve ice cold beer on tap, great stop to escape the 100 plus degree desert heat. Fun facts: Hotel established in 1902 Popular rest stop for travellers back in the day Famously known for its haunted rooms & playful spirits Miners would get their paychecks, write their name on a dollar & stick it on the wall as a tab for the next visit. Cant wait to go back! #oatmanarizona #usaroadtrip #route66 #oatmanhotelandsaloon #experienceflasbacks #theexperiencecollectors #experiences #roadtrip (at Oatman Ghost Town, Route 66) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNgLWDohjSa/?igshid=18jjxx5ry4it

#oatmanarizona #usaroadtrip #route66 #oatmanhotelandsaloon #experienceflasbacks #theexperiencecollectors #experiences #roadtrip

[bites-kms]

Southwest Roadtrip - Episode 2:  Route 66

Leaving glowing Nevada to enter into the far, far west was such a contrast. We were missing the tumbleweeds rolling around but the rest was pretty much matching our Hollywood idea. Another fun fact that we were realizing while exploring these dry lands is that we were following the Colorado River water flow, that was the latent compass that push us through.

OATMAN

After a very random Instagram search, we found out about a little town called Oatman, which main feature was wild burros or donkeys, about 2 hours away from Vegas which became our first stop on our roadtrip through the Southwest. It began as a small mining gold camp in 1915, and today features a real-life Clint Eastwood movie set. I guess that due to COVID this was not happening, and we also arrived around 5pm, but apparently there are free “gunfights” comedy demonstrations happening twice a day on the streets of Oatman, once part of America’s main street, Route 66, the Chicago-to-Santa-Monica express way.

Oatman is famous for its donkeys. They were wandering the main street, sticking their heads through the rails along the wood-plank sidewalks, nudging people for treats, and otherwise just chilling under the striking sun. The animals were used inside the turn-of-the-century mines for hauling rock and ore and were also used outside the mines for hauling water and supplies. As the mines closed and people moved away, the burros were released into the surrounding hills.

The Oatman Hotel was closed too, but apparently is the place to have a beer and take a picture at the Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Honeymoon Suite, who stopped by this town after getting married in Kingman in 1939. Oatman was also the place where we faced the real, red-necked America, where the confederate flag and MAGA hats were in proud display. 

WILLIAMS

Leaving Vegas, getting a car the weekend kicking off Labour Day, and driving across unknown lands was a little bit challenging: we needed to get the grasp of the car, the route and the GPS. Even though we checked out at 11, getting a car was no joke and we started driving around 2:30, 3pm. After experiencing Oatman and taking time for appreciating the view and the road, we were aiming to reach Sedona, but it was a big stretch. Luckily, Belu was suggested to stop by Williams, the latest town added to Route 66´s original path.

Back in the days, Williams was also the gateway to the Grand Canyon via the main railroad that passes across the city. We arrived during night time, so we mostly heard it pass by, but it was incredible charming. The 4 or 5 blocks of this cute town, where restaurants, souvenir shops and gas stations live in harmony, hosting side-roads hotels for the tired traveler. 

We had dinner at the local beer brewery Historical Barrel + Bottle House, took a beautiful and fun picture with our brand new Thelma and Louise caps by the Route 66 sign to finally pass out and rest at the Travelodge by Wyndham Williams Grand Canyon. What a day - and imagine all the ones we have left ahead!

#road66 #williams #oatman #burros

[csgt79]

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[spectralarchers]

did you ever post a list of all the national parks and/or state parks you visited while you were in the us?? i'm curious lol

uuhhhh

oh boy

under a read more because long

Garden of the Gods (is it even a NP??? i’m not sure)

Rocky Mountains National Park

Arches National Park

4 Corner States Monument (Navajo Territory)

Mesa Verde National Park

Petrified Forest National Park

Monument Valley Tribal Park

Grand Canyon National Park

Slide Rock National Forest

Lake Mead National Recreational Area

Death Valley National Park

Angeles National Forest

Sequoias and Kings Canyon National Forest and Park

Yosemite National Park

Humboldt National Forest

Wasatch National Forest

Grand Teton National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Glacier National Park

Devil’s Tower National Monument

Little Bighorm National Monument

Crazy Horse Tribal Monument

Mount Rushmore National Monument

Badlands National Parkand then theres

Finger Lakes State Park

Ray Roberts Lake State Park

Lake Arrowhead State Park

Palo Duro State Park

Clayton Lake State Park (DINOSAURS!!)

Cheyenne Mountains State Park

Rifle Gap State Park

Mancos Lake State Park

Storrie Lake State Park

Redwood Forest State Park

Salt Lake State Park

Custer State Parkand i’ve also seen

Cahokia Mounds

the United Nations

DUMBO

Rockefeller

basically New York

(BROOKLYN! and the Captain America statue!)

the Gateway Arch

Black Jack Battlefield

the Little House on the Prairie

Old Red Museum

the Sixth Floor Museum

Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame Museum (I HAD TO OK)

Manitou Springs Cliff Dwellings

the US Figure Skating Hall of Fame (bryan orser was in a video descibing the axel and lutz and a++)

Denver Museum of Science and Nature

stayed at the Stanley Hotel for 1 night

saw Doc Holliday’s gravesite at the Pioneer Cemetery in Glenwood Springs

had a powerpoint presentation by Brendan at Acoma Pueblo

fed some donkeys in Oatman, AZ

Titanic exhibit at the Louxor in Vegas

Hoover Dam

Area 51

Calico ghost Town

Warner Studios

Griffith Observatory

Solvang

James Dean Memorial

the California Academy of Science

Golden Gate Bridge

Alcatraz (from the boat)

Francis Ford Coppola’s Winery in Napa

Utah Olympic Park in Park City (I SAW TED LIGETY’S SPANDEX SUIT FROM SOCHI))))

Sundance Mountain Resort

Waterton

Buffalo Bill Museum of the West

Old Trail Town Cody

and the Mammoth Siteand then I’m missing a few things for the end of the trip because I forgot to write in my diary and I haven’t had the energy to go through  my photos but

Chicago = Magnificent Mile / the Bean and that Nutella bakery thing which was a++

Elkhorn and the Danish Immigrant Museum

City of Indiana

and ??? like??? i think that’s it??? those are the??? big??? things??? 

@kate-katiehawkeye how did we not die while doing this???

#tgar #roadtrip across the us #Anonymous #it was like #6700 bucks in total for the whole thing so i'm like half broke all the time now but it was worth it