Winslow, Arizona – Las Vegas, New Mexico (Forgot to check my mileage, roughly 390 miles today) I’m sitting in the third-floor window of our room at the historic Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas New Mexico, listening to a trumpet from the mariachi band echo across the plaza from the bar below and up to my…
Orange California – Winslow Arizona – 554 miles In August of 2009, I took my first “big ride,” two weeks on a motorcycle, 2400 miles, the scariest road I’ve been on even to this day, and by far, the most intense storm. It was… amazing. If you’re bored sometime, check it out. Every now and…
Well… we’re back in SoCal now after a great, productive week in Winslow and we miss the Motor Palace already. Sadly, the tile guy wasn’t able to do the bathroom while we were there so we didn’t get to stay in the building, but we still made tons of progress. I’ll leave you with way…
I always forget how long it takes to paint! The first couple of days, we focused on the bathroom. The sooner we finish it, the sooner we can stay in the building instead of renting a motel room. With a cup of coffee at the ready (in a Winslow correct Harvey House Cup!), we went…
Road trip time! Over the two years we’ve owned the Motor Palace, we’ve never stayed more than a couple of days at a time, and even though we have a great contractor, completing our “motel room” is taking forever because we’re not in Winslow to make choices.
Consider this a test post–with a little road trip update mixed in, you know, for practice.
THE MOTHER ROAD TO THE MOTOR PALACE First off, I have to admit, my ’48 Ford did not get to go on this trip. To maximize the time I get out of her Flathead, I need to limit long road trips, although she has had a few. Besides, we needed to haul some stuff out…