We said good bye to New Mexico this morning and headed to Williams AZ to catch the train to the Grand Canyon on Saturday. On the way to Williams we stopped at the Painted Desert and the Petrified National Forest. They are about 130 miles east of Flagstaff AZ and the 28 mile auto tour through the park is some of the most breathtaking scenery we have seen on the trip.
When we left the National Park we found ourselves on an old original part of Route 66 and we got a chance to see one of its most treasured businesses - still in operation today. The Wigwam Motel was used as a model for the Cozy Cone Motel in the original Cars movie, just seeing the TeePee's and the classic cars almost makes you want to re-live the days of one way highways, window unit air conditioning and poor gas milage... almost.
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