Winslow, Arizona to Gallup, New Mexico

133 miles, direct from Winslow to Gallup.  Not counting the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert and the Hubbell Trading Post detours.

Turquoise Room Breakfast at La Posada Hotel, Winslow, Arizona

Fabulous breakfast at the Turquoise Room of La Posada Hotel in Winslow, then a short walking tour of town, including the old Santa Fe Railroad Station, which is connected to La Posada.  It is currently closed and La Posada plans to renovate it as a museum.

Visited the corner in Winslow made famous by the Eagles tune-there's even a red flatbed Ford truck parked on the corner! 


Standing on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona

We continued to drive west on I-40 to the Petrified Forest National Park, where we saw more huge pieces--full trees!--of petrified wood, than we could ever imagine.


Dane standing by a piece of petrified wood to give you some idea of its size.

Painted Desert Inn, Arizona

Also saw Newspaper Rock, with over 650 prehistoric petroglyphs, and the Painted Desert-beautiful naturally-colored badlands.  A stop at the vintage Painted Desert Inn, restored by the National Park Service, was charming, but we were so disappointed there is no longer any food service.  The Inn was operated by the Fred Harvey Company in the 1940s.


Restored soda fountain at Painted Desert Inn

At the Hubbell Trading Post, Ganado, Arizona
Joan treated herself to a Navajo silver hair clip made of 1930s and 1940s dimes at the jewellery shop at the Trading Post.  We had a great private tour by a National Park Ranger of the Hubbell home.








Overnight Gallup El Rancho Motel in Gallup right on historic Route 66. 


El Rancho Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico.  Glowed pink in the dark!

We're in the Doris Day room-seems fair since earlier in the trip we were in the Elvis Presley Room.  Once again, the rooms here are named after famous guests!


Interior of the Eagle Café, Gallup, New Mexico



Dinner at the Eagle Cafe, a Route 66 icon, where we had their famous lamb stew and a Mexican combination plate. So excited to be asked the New Mexico State Question (Red or Green?) as the young woman took our order!


"Red" was the answer to The NM State Question for the chile sauce.

Now to watch Do No Harm, a new NBC television show, which is premiering tonight.  It was (still is being)  filmed in our Philadelphia neighborhood!