Santa Rosa, New Mexico

The original highway was built 1926 and started in 
Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California.

Route 66 traveled 2,451 miles and passed through Santa Rosa.

Billboards were on the rocks in this area.

Local museum showed cars that might have traveled on Route 66.

Santa Rosa is known for this desert oasis

where scuba divers and others enjoy the warm clear pure water.

Downtown historic 1909 Romanesque style courthouse..

The St. Rosa of Lima Chapel dates from early 1800's.  
In 1907 it was replaced with a newer structure.

The cemetery is still used and is a mix of old and new burials.

Canton, Texas

Canton is known for First Monday Trade Days.

A town of 3,800 residents once a month host

100,000 to 400,000 visitors who shop at this huge flea market.

Approximately 100 acres and up to 6,000 vendors who offer goods for sale. 

It is the largest and oldest continually operated flea market in the United States..

It started over 150 years ago when a circuit judge came to town on the 

first Monday of the month for trials. 

Locals came to town to watch trials and trade or sell their goods.

Today the First Monday Trade Days are really held on Thursday - Sunday

 before the first Monday of the month.

Pictures taken on off days.

Small downtown

Many good restaurants.

Small park on corner.

Courthouse ready for Halloween.

Downtown shops on side street.

Mill Creek Ranch Resort with RV park and cottages. Our RV site was about 100 ft. long.

 Office, laundry room, meeting room and one of two pools.

One of several ponds in park.

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Lodge and swimming pool.

Rent your favorite cottage.

Tiny house or Yurt also for rent.  

The park has many amenities because of visitors going to 

First Monday Trade Days. 

Kingman, Arizona

Blake Ranch RV Park 

 also accommodates horses 

Nice views with plenty of space to park.

Canine Corral

Horse motel.

Meteor Crater

 Meteor Crater RV Park is near Winslow, Arizona

Park office and gas station.

Access to the RV park is through this narrow gate attached to long fence..

Tent section

Nice long level pull through sites for RV's.

Down the road is the Barringer Crater which dropped in 50,000 years ago.  

Daniel Barringer was a miner who discovered the crater about 100 years ago.  
Barringer family company still owns it privately.

The Crater is 1 miles
1 mile across and 500 ft. deep. 
It is located in Northern Arizona high desert.  

NASA  astronauts trained here for the Apollo Mission to moon.

St George Utah

St. George is the home to the Latter Day Saints Temple 

 commenced 1871 and dedicated 1877

Brigham Young, religious leader, settler and politician 

had this Tabernacle built in 1871.

Center of downtown activities.

Cool rain day for marathon race downtown.

Homes on Main Street where Marathon was held.

The Lover's Gate.  

The locks you see represent couples who declare their love for each other. It is a custom started in Asia and Europe.  We saw similar locks in France and Italy on past trips.

Homes on hills surround the city.

Cloudy day in our campground.

   

This is an unusual street to access our parking spot.

Our neighbor was a movie theater building.