WE DID STAY A THIRD NIGHT IN FLAGSTAFF AT THE 'DE BEAU HOSTEL(156)',ALAS TIME HAS COME TO MOVE ON AGAIN,SO WE LEFT TOWN ON THE EARLY MORNING TRAIN.(157).NOT REALLY,BUT THIS IS AN OLD RAILROAD TOWN AND THE TRAINS STILL THUNDER THROUGH HERE ,WHAT SEEMS LIKE EVERY FIVE MINUTES...CARRYING ON WEST THROUGH ARIZONA WE CAME TO A PLACE CALLED SLEGIMAN WHICH CLAIMS TO BE THE BIRTHPLACE OF ROUTE 66, CONSEQUENTLY THERE'S A LOAD OF LITTLE NOVELTY GIFT SHOPS -DRESSED UP FOR TH...

'I WAS STANDING ON A CORNER IN WINSLOW ARIZONA....'(MADE IT RICK-BE IT A FEW DAYS LATE) INTO ARIZONA(153) AND FIRST STOP WAS WINSLOW FOR THE RENDEVOUS ON THE CORNER(154)(155)-NO SIGN OF JACKSON BROWNE OR THE EAGLES BUT HEY-THINGS JUST STARTING TO FEEL DIFFERENT AND BETTER AGAIN.CARRIED ON TO FLAGSTAFF -WHICH IS A REAL CRACKING LITTLE TOWN,LOADS OF BUZZING BARS AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE,SOME EN ROUTE TO THE GRAND CANYON,OTHERS EN ROUTE TO FIND THEIR SELVES.WE ARE STAYIN...

COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN !!! WELL THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT NEW MEXICO HASN'T GOT A LOT GOING FOR IT-INCLUDING ANY REMOTE CHANCE OF AN INTERNET CONNECTION,SO THE BLOG GOT LOST IN THE WILDERNESS SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD,ANYWAYS HERE GOES WITH CATCH UP...THE JOURNEY CONTINUED FROM THE LAST REPORT THROUGH OKLAHOMA(131) ON WHAT WOULD END UP BEING A 300 MILE PLUS TREK(AND THATS JUST THE FIRST DAY)ALONG CAME A NUMBER OF 'STOP THE CAR' SCENARIOS..FIRST UP WAS LUCILLE'S OLD ...

WELL, THEY COME AT YOU AS YOU TRAVEL DOWN THE ROAD-ALL THOSE CRAZY SIGHTS WAITING FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT PICTURE-THE BLUE WHALE(126 )IN CATOOSA,THE RESTORED MOTEL IN TULSA(127)THE FRISCO LOCOMOTIVE IN TULSA(128)THE TULSA SIGN(129) AND THE RED BARN(130) IN ARCADIA,CROSSED OKLAHOMA CITY-GOT LOST AGAIN AND NOW HOLED UP WEST OF THE CITY IN YUKON-GOING FOR AN ALL-U-CAN EAT RIBS NIGHT,MIGHT MAKE IT INTO TEXAS TOMORROW(MIGHT NOT) AND IT'S GETTING HOT....93 DEGREEES TODAY....

SETTING OFF FROM OUR GREAT STAY AT THE WAGON WHEEL MOTEL IN CUBA,THE OWNER CONNIE TOLD ME THAT BILLY CONNNOLLY HAD STAYED THERE TWO NIGHTS, WHILE FILMING HIS ROUTE 66 DOCUMENTARY,HE VISITED THE GIANT ROCKING CHAIR(118)(MAIN PIC) SITUATED AT THE FANNING OUTPOST GIFT STORE(119)BUT HE NEVER MENTIONED THE MOTEL ,OR ITS PLACE IN ROUTE 66 FOLKLORE , BEING THE LONGEST RUNNING MOTEL ON THE ROAD...NOW OPEN FOR A 77 YEAR STRETCH..HE ALSO USED STUNT DOUBLES TO RIDE HIS BIKE...