When I took a picture of this painting eleven years earlier, a friend said the frontiersman in the back was going to shoot the guy in front in the back of the head. |
Near Cadiz, there were two shells of a former roadside business. |
The other building at least still had a roof. The " Sinaloa" graffiti reminded me of the Bruce Springsteen song, " Sinaloa Cowboys," about two Mexican brothers  who make methamphetamine in the desert. |
Road Runner's Retreat was another old 66 establishment that had been closed for at least eleven years. It amazed me how little changed in the desert. |
This close-up of the sign shows that at one time it had some neat neon (I wondered if it could still light up). Note the misplaced saguaro cactus--there are none in the Mojave Desert. |
The artwork on the side of the building was similar to the sign's design, except no saguaro. |
There were several low ranges of mountains in the desert. |
Roy's Motel and Cafe in Amboy was the only functioning roadside business on the 70-mile stretch of old Route 66 from the Goffs Road/I-40 junction to the next I-40 interchange at Ludlow. |
                                                                                                                     
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