I've been without internet service for several days and then just too tired to catch up last nite, but here we go again. We overnighted in Roswell last nite and were treated to thunderstorms during the evening. I had gone to dinner with one of the guys and left the roadster at the hotel. It rained pretty heavy while we were in the restaurant, and we didn't know it. When we got back, the inside of the car had gotten pretty wet. Actually, I had put the car cover on it prior to leaving for dinner, but it got blown off by the wind. Some of the guys (Rick Findley for one - thanks Rick) came to my rescue and retrieved the cover, put it back on and secured it. Rick got soaked pretty good in doing it. I ended up putting the top on the car after checking the weather and the forecast was for more thunderstorms enroute to Winslow, Arizona.
Jimmie Vaughan, lead singer and founder of the blues band The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and his '32 5-window coupe (
http://www.jimmievaughan.com/), a great traveling companion.
We left in the morning bound for Winslow, Arizona. The weatherman said that we may have thundershowers enroute to Winslow, so I left the top on the car. As per usual, the weatherman lied.
I caught a shot of Jimmie passing me in his flathead-powered coupe. This is the one I fixed the alternator on a few days ago. It's holding up just fine. This guy can hammer it.
We passed an area on the high desert plains west of Socorro, New Mexico that is home to the "Very Large Array (VLA)". The VLA is a series of radio telescopes mounted on tracks and is used for astronomical observations. The Wikipedia website giving more information on the VLA is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array
A study in contrasts is provided here - Ray Finley's 1932 hot rod and space technology.
There are roads "straight as a string" around here.
A "must stop" stop was at this roadside cafe in Pietown, NM for, what else - pie.
A vestige of old Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona is the Wig Wam Motel, complete with 1940s and 1950s era cars parked outside.
"Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona..." is a well-worn line from the Eagles' hit "Take it Easy." Pick a corner... It's not hard to imagine a girl in a flatbed Ford slowing down.
We stayed at the La Posada Hotel which had a glamorous past in the 1930s. It had fallen on hard times after the demise of Route 66 but has now been renovated and offers a window into a time long since passed. The hotel is quite comfortable and the rooms reflect past guests such as Teddy Roosevelt, Clark Gable and others. Here's some history:
La Posada begins with Fred Harvey, who “civilized the west” by introducing linen, silverware, china, crystal, and impeccable service to railroad travel. Harvey developed and ran all the hotels and restaurants of the Santa Fe Railway, eventually controlling a hospitality empire that spanned the continent.
In the 1920s, Harvey decided to build a major hotel in the center of northern Arizona. “La Posada”—the Resting Place—was to be the finest in the Southwest. Construction costs alone exceeded $1 million in 1929. Total budget with grounds and furnishings was rumored at $2 million (about $40 million in today’s dollars). They chose Winslow, then (as now) the Arizona headquarters for the Santa Fe Railway. Winslow was ideally situated for a resort hotel since everything to see and do in northern Arizona is a comfortable day’s drive. Many people consider this the most important and most beautiful building in the Southwest.
Jimmie Vaughan, lead singer and founder of the blues band The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and his '32 5-window coupe (http://www.jimmievaughan.com/), a great traveling companion.
We left in the morning bound for Winslow, Arizona. The weatherman said that we may have thundershowers enroute to Winslow, so I left the top on the car. As per usual, the weatherman lied.
I caught a shot of Jimmie passing me in his flathead-powered coupe. This is the one I fixed the alternator on a few days ago. It's holding up just fine. This guy can hammer it.
We passed an area on the high desert plains west of Socorro, New Mexico that is home to the "Very Large Array (VLA)". The VLA is a series of radio telescopes mounted on tracks and is used for astronomical observations. The Wikipedia website giving more information on the VLA is at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Array
A study in contrasts is provided here - Ray Finley's 1932 hot rod and space technology.
There are roads "straight as a string" around here.
A "must stop" stop was at this roadside cafe in Pietown, NM for, what else - pie.
A vestige of old Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona is the Wig Wam Motel, complete with 1940s and 1950s era cars parked outside.
"Standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona..." is a well-worn line from the Eagles' hit "Take it Easy." Pick a corner... It's not hard to imagine a girl in a flatbed Ford slowing down.
We stayed at the La Posada Hotel which had a glamorous past in the 1930s. It had fallen on hard times after the demise of Route 66 but has now been renovated and offers a window into a time long since passed. The hotel is quite comfortable and the rooms reflect past guests such as Teddy Roosevelt, Clark Gable and others. Here's some history:
La Posada begins with Fred Harvey, who “civilized the west” by introducing linen, silverware, china, crystal, and impeccable service to railroad travel. Harvey developed and ran all the hotels and restaurants of the Santa Fe Railway, eventually controlling a hospitality empire that spanned the continent.
In the 1920s, Harvey decided to build a major hotel in the center of northern Arizona. “La Posada”—the Resting Place—was to be the finest in the Southwest. Construction costs alone exceeded $1 million in 1929. Total budget with grounds and furnishings was rumored at $2 million (about $40 million in today’s dollars). They chose Winslow, then (as now) the Arizona headquarters for the Santa Fe Railway. Winslow was ideally situated for a resort hotel since everything to see and do in northern Arizona is a comfortable day’s drive. Many people consider this the most important and most beautiful building in the Southwest.
