Tagged With "Gallup to Albuquerque"

I spent some months in Flagstaff not so long ago, between my old home and moving into a new one and came to appreciate the town and all it has to offer. There's a great deal more to the place than a casual visitor might appreciate, and while traffic can get bogged down in ski season, I never felt it was too touristy. "Too touristy", for me, is businesses that cater to tourists, while Flagstaff caters to locals and the visitor's seem to like them, too. It's really more of a university town...

I love scenery like this! That natural bridge was unknown to me, but something else I now need to go see. Thanks for sharing it.

The last leg of my journey on Route 66 was from Gallup to Albuquerque. The is a lot to see on this leg, but I rushed to meet The Amazing Ms. D ,who was flying in to Albuquerque for a writers workshop. Therefore I only had time for one thing. I chose...

The next leg of my trip was the shortest distance I had to drive, but it took the longest time. There was a lot to see along the way.   Flagstaff AZ I was last in Flagstaff 20 years ago. It was a dismal depressed town in which nothing was...

DrFumblefinger enjoys dinner and a stop at the Hotel el Rancho in Gallup, a historic Route 66 stop.

Thanks for the wonderful memories. As to the rooms named for stars, we found that the Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn rooms are adjacent, and have a connecting door between them. Things that make you go hmmmmm