Holbrook, AZ circa 2003
Wigwam Motel, Holbrook, AZ Driving into town from Interstate 40, which roughly parallels most of what remains of historic Route 66 in Arizona, it was obvious that Holbrook, AZ had seen better days. Lots of rundown budget motels with busted back-lit signs, advertising cheap rates: "2 X $18", a double for eighteen bucks. We get a room at the Wigwam Motel, with its concrete teepee shaped rooms, all of which have antique cars from the golden age of motoring, parked in front of them. This motel, Wigwam Village #6, I believe, was built around 1950, before the interstate was finished, after which interstate travel blew by Holbrook a couple miles north of old Route 66. Holbrook Rocks! A good place to buy rocks, if nothing else. H. thought it'd be a good idea to walk around and take photos of the rundown buildings and funky old signs. I had my doubts, knowing with our cameras that we would stand out as tourists, in a town where I hadn't seen any tourists on the street. W...