The famouse Route 66 Jackrabbit (and Tom...)

Wigwam Hotel and the Petrified Forest

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September 29th 2007
Day 64 and we were on our way to Holbrook in Arizona - a convenient stopping point before the Petrified Forest National Park. We crossed the Hopi Indian Reservation East of the Grand Canyon, on what allegedly is a scenic route, but the dry desert scenery and isolation of the few scattered homesteads made it quite depressing. We were happy to arrive in Holbrook - although we had to wait a coupl ... read more

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