Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
The San Jon Motel on old Route 66 still operates in the tiny town of San Jon, New Mexico. The owner came out to talk to me while I worked, and gave me a hand-painted ceramic ashtray with the motel's name on it as a souvenir. It began to rain right after I made this photograph. It rained a lot in New Mexico while I was there, despite the drought that has plagued the southwest this summer.
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gb hill
Veteran
Nice composition Chris! Did you ask about the license plates?
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Greg,
The owner said they were there when he bought the place a few months earlier.
The owner said they were there when he bought the place a few months earlier.
gb hill
Veteran
Nice that he kept them up. Gives an added feel to the place that I admire.
robklurfield
eclipse
were the rates indeed "sensible?" nice shot. the plates are definitely a cool touch.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
LOL, I don't know, I didn't ask what they charged. I didn't stay in San Jon, I drove on to Amarillo in Texas to spend that night.
Frontman
Well-known
I was actually born on Route 66 in New Mexico, and when I was little, my family often took trips from New Mexico to California. I used to know pretty much every structure along the highway (not that there so many). We sometimes stayed at a colorful old motel in Grants, or another one in Gallup, or a really old one located above a Chinese restaurant in Barstow, which had only one bathroom for the entire floor.
I hope to get a chance to follow along what's left of the higjway next year when I return to America on holiday.
I hope to get a chance to follow along what's left of the higjway next year when I return to America on holiday.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
What town were you born in? Was it one of the places I visited?
Frontman
Well-known
It can't really be called a town, but it was/is known as Rio Puerco, which is just west of Albuquerque. It is now along I-40, but the old steel bridge which 66 used to cross is still there.
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Oh ok, I never made it west of Albuquerque. All the exploring I did in NM, when i lived in Santa Fe and when I visited back in August, was west of I-25. I don't know why I never went out that way. Maybe next time I'll get to!
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
One of my most memorable motel stays was in New Mexico -- Tucumcari (sp?) ... no, not that kind of "memorable".
Anyway ... NM light is amazing, probably the best I have ever experienced.
Brings back memories, Chris. Thanks
Anyway ... NM light is amazing, probably the best I have ever experienced.
Brings back memories, Chris. Thanks
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Tucamcari is the right spelling. I did a lot of photographs there on my trip. A lot of old Route 66 places are still preserved there