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PART 3: 2011 Western American Road Trip, Wigwam Motel, Meteor Crater

January 06, 2012 jesda No comments

Heading through Arizona. I was supposed to arrive in Phoenix a day or so ago but we’ve taken our time. At the Motel 6 in Gallup something woke me up in the middle of the night, and my nose was running like a waterfall. I wasn’t sleeping adequately and my sleep cycle was completely off.
It took me about a week to fully recover, and NOWHERE in Gallup was I able to find proper Sudafed.

Holbrook AZ

Wigwam Motel

There’s seven of these around the country. Two are on the national register of historic places, this one in AZ and another in CA.

“Dear Mr Paul Lewis:
It is my pleasure to inform you that the Wigwam Village [..] in Holbrook was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on [..] 2002.
As you know, the National Register is the official listing of the Nation’s cultural resources worthy of preservation.
Congratulations!
Sincerely,
Christine [..]
National Register Coordinator/Historian”

These are photos taken by someone else of the interior:
Wide view: 090907-3524WigWamInt.jpg
Fish eye: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2542096006_f277915033.jpg
Bed: http://photos.igougo.com/images/p298943-Holbrook-Inside_the_Wigwam_Motel.jpg
TV and entrance: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/07/c5/15/inside-the-wigwam.jpg

Expect to spend $60-$70 per night.

Trains were visible all along I-40 especially through New Mexico.

Arrived at the Meteor Crater, $15 per person.

Courtyard

There was a small museum inside.

You can’t see in this photo, but there’s a wooden cutout of an astronaut standing there somewhere. There’s also an old mine shaft in the center.

The center was used in the 1960s for NASA training, to prepare for Apollo missions.

4000 feet wide
570 feet deep
Imagine what the air and surrounding areas looked like when this hit 50,000 years ago.

Daniel Barringer, in 1903, was the first to discover that the crater was made by an impact rather than volcanic activity.

Divided into sections:

PART 1: Overview, Expenses, Map – 2011 Western American Road Trip – 6,500 Miles, 30 Days

PART 2: Joplin MO Tornado Damage, Terry’s Subaru STI in Oklahoma, Route 66, U Drop Inn, Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo TX, Leaning Water Tower

PART 3: Wigwam Motel, Meteor Crater

PART 4: Nissan Sentra Spec V, 1951 Chevy truck, Thanksgiving dinner

PART 5: Arizona International Auto Show

PART 6: In N Out Burger, NICOClub Headquarters in Surprise AZ

PART 7: Driving 1931 Ford Model A, first-generation Honda Insight, and 1967 Datsun 411 wagon

PART 8: The Grand Canyon

PART 9: Barstow CA, Arvin CA, cruising SR-99 to Lemoore CA

PART 10: Aaron in Lemoore CA – Mexican food, Autozone, and Naval base

PART 11: In N Out Burger, Northern California, Gary’s house in Independence OR

PART 12: The Pacific coast in Newport OR, Lighthouse

PART 13: Grilling at Gary’s, shopping, Brandon’s house in Ellensburg WA and 2000 Sebring convertible

PART 14: Arrival in Spokane WA, drinking, karaoke

PART 15: Drinking, eating

PART 16: Bar hopping downtown

PART 17: Eating, drinking, farewell dinner

PART 18: Heading home through Montana, Newton visits the vet

PART 19: Boulder CO, Denver CO, show at Cervantes, heading home

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