Day 59 Grand Canyon NP to Winslow Wal*Mart, Ariz 15 Oct
Just about ready to head out and Tom called me over to the road behind my trailer. Just across the road (like maybe 8 feet) was a large stag mule deer browsing on shrubs and trees. I tiptoed back to the truck, got my camera and–guess what? He was still browsing!! Sure hope those pictures turn out. A few feet behind this stag was another one deeper in the brush. After a few minutes both deer moved out of view. And we left too.
Tom had to stop to have propane put into his motorhome. It doesn’t come in cylinders like mine do. The only place nearby was about 15 miles south of Grand Canyon NP at a Jellystone Park (I think that is what it was called). The campground had Barney’s Store and Wilma’s Laundry. Another building was chocked full of Flintstone stuff in Fred’s Store and Cafe. After searching, I told the cashier I was disappointed I couldn’t find any item with the name “Wilma”. She said they don’t sell so the manufacturer doesn’t make them. I said I would buy because my name is Wilma. She got all excited and said she had never met a Wilma before and they always make her play Wilma in the campground skits!
We took a southeast road to I 40. The drive was really nice–some mountains, some plains with limited vegetation. All in all quite a relaxing ride–until a coyote crossed right in front of Tom’s rig. So far that’s the only coyote we’ve seen and I only saw its tail. We got off I40 at Winslow, Arizona. The Eagles wrote a song called “Take it Easy” and the lyrics include “Standin’ on the corner in Winslow Arizona…” Well, the Eagles donated some $$ so Winslow could erect a bronze statue of a man “Standin’ on the Corner”. Naturally we took pictures. We also went into a small museum and the lady there told us about La Posada Hotel, a refurbished Harvey House Hotel at the railroad depot. So we went to browse around. We found out that this hotel and the one in Needles, CA were designed by Mary Calder, a noted architect in the 20s and 30s who designed many hotels and other buildings for Harvey House. We saw several examples at the Grand Canyon. La Posada had many works of art and has been almost completly restored.
We finally settled down at the local Wal*Mart. Sound familiar? As in Grand Canyon, the temperature really dropped after sundown.
Tom had to stop to have propane put into his motorhome. It doesn’t come in cylinders like mine do. The only place nearby was about 15 miles south of Grand Canyon NP at a Jellystone Park (I think that is what it was called). The campground had Barney’s Store and Wilma’s Laundry. Another building was chocked full of Flintstone stuff in Fred’s Store and Cafe. After searching, I told the cashier I was disappointed I couldn’t find any item with the name “Wilma”. She said they don’t sell so the manufacturer doesn’t make them. I said I would buy because my name is Wilma. She got all excited and said she had never met a Wilma before and they always make her play Wilma in the campground skits!
We took a southeast road to I 40. The drive was really nice–some mountains, some plains with limited vegetation. All in all quite a relaxing ride–until a coyote crossed right in front of Tom’s rig. So far that’s the only coyote we’ve seen and I only saw its tail. We got off I40 at Winslow, Arizona. The Eagles wrote a song called “Take it Easy” and the lyrics include “Standin’ on the corner in Winslow Arizona…” Well, the Eagles donated some $$ so Winslow could erect a bronze statue of a man “Standin’ on the Corner”. Naturally we took pictures. We also went into a small museum and the lady there told us about La Posada Hotel, a refurbished Harvey House Hotel at the railroad depot. So we went to browse around. We found out that this hotel and the one in Needles, CA were designed by Mary Calder, a noted architect in the 20s and 30s who designed many hotels and other buildings for Harvey House. We saw several examples at the Grand Canyon. La Posada had many works of art and has been almost completly restored.
We finally settled down at the local Wal*Mart. Sound familiar? As in Grand Canyon, the temperature really dropped after sundown.
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