Memories of Rt66

kdog

Last February, Aaron Newman (anwmn1) and I spent a couple of days photographing the stretch of Rt66 from Seligman to Yucca, AZ. Aaron posted his shots shortly thereafter, but I promptly forgot about them until now. :rolleyes So here without further ado are a few of my shots from that memorable occasion.

On the way to Seligman, with fresh snow on the ground, we decided to do some exploring down a rutted road.


And soon found ourselves in a very deserted area.


Finally made it to Seligman








Some local color


One of many abandoned buildings in Seligman


Crozier Canyon is a good place to photograph trains




The Hackberry General Store is pretty much the only thing in Hackberry.


Kingman


Train Trestle over the Holy Moses Wash


Topock (or thereabouts) teddy bear cholla cactii


Yucca, truck lift (you should see the size of the mechanic :wink)


Thanks for looking. :thumb
-joel

dlplumer

Very cool. Love the Rusty Bolt shots.

Awais Yaqub

Photos are amazing, and place is wonderful will love to spend some time there

sgonen

Nice memories Joel, love the "One of many abandoned buildings in Seligman" shot.

Dogdots

What an enjoyable series of photos. Traveling Route 66 is on my list of things to do someday.

wfeller

That's a nice run, from Needles to Seligman. Nice shots.

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kdog

dlplumer wrote:

Very cool. Love the Rusty Bolt shots.

Thank you, sir! Yeah, the Rusty Bolt is a crackup. :giggle

-joel

kdog

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Photos are amazing, and place is wonderful will love to spend some time there

Thanks, Awais! Glad you like this little glimpse of Americana. Should you decide to ever visit this area, it would be my honor to be your personal guide.

Regards,
-joel

kdog

sgonen wrote:

Nice memories Joel, love the "One of many abandoned buildings in Seligman" shot.

Thanks, Shimon! There are zillions of places like that out here. Here's one from a previous outing. This is the school for white kids in Valentine on the Indian reservation. (The Indian school in town was much larger.)


Regards,
-joel

kdog

Dogdots wrote:

What an enjoyable series of photos. Traveling Route 66 is on my list of things to do someday.

Thanks, Mary Kim! I'm glad you enjoyed them. There's a lot to see along Rt66 for sure.

Regards,
-joel

kdog

wfeller wrote:

That's a nice run, from Needles to Seligman. Nice shots.

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Thanks, Walter!

Cheers,
-joel

rwells

These are great Joel,

I agree about the Rusty Bolt shots

Serrator

Joel, I enjoyed viewing everyone of these images...excellent! I especially liked the second one giving me that feeling of vast empty spaces...well done.