Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me...
Take it easy, take it easy...
Those lyrics from the Eagles song from the 70's made Winslow, Arizona famous.
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| Standing on the Corner Park |
We decided to stay in Joseph City so we would be between Winslow and the Petrified Forest.
While we were driving from Cottonwood to Joseph City, Patty got a call from our good friends from New Life Community Church in Oxnard, the Bartolone's. Dom and Cynthia also retired and moved to Peoria, Az about the same time we went full time in the RV. We tried to get with them while we were in Cottonwood, but it just never happened. The last week they had gone to Santa Fe, NM to be with their son. It just so happened that they were driving by us on the I40 just after we arrived in Joseph City. They decided to stop and see us and then go to lunch with us.
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| Winslow, Az |
The decision was made to drive to Winslow for lunch in separate cars. They could continue their drive home and we could spend the day in Winslow. We went to the El Falcon Restaurant and had a good meal and great fellowship! It was awesome to be able to spend some time with them!
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| Cynthia, Dom, Patty and Brian |
After lunch we went to the Corner! It is actually on old Route 66. Notice the red flatbed Ford parked in front of the park.
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| Route 66 |
Here we are standing on the corner. The statue is holding a guitar.
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| Standing on the Corner |
There's our Dodge parked behind the flatbed Ford. Wonder why that wasn't mentioned in the song? :)
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| Flatbed Ford |
Patty thought we should find a church and pray about all this secular music. We have found some small churches, but this one may take the cake.
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| Worlds Smallest Church |
We went through the gates to find the church so we could pray about it. Heres what we found....
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| Smallest Church |
We then went to the La Pasada Hotel and Gardens. It was originally built in 1930 by Mary Jane Colter for Fred Harvey and the Santa Fe Railway.
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| La Posada Hotel |
Although this is still a working hotel with guests they do allow self-guided tours.
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| La Posada |
They do sell a tour booklet for $3.00 which gives you a lot of information. We bought the booklet and it was well worth it to guide us around the hotel and give us the history. Here is the entryway.
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| Hotel Entry |
This was a Harvey Hotel. The Harvey Girls were the hostess and servers in this hotel and the restaurant.
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| Lobby |
This was also the train depot for the Santa Fe railway. Now there are freight trains that pass in the back of the hotel, but in it's day this was a happening place!
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| Train Stop |
We spent several hours at this historical hotel and town. After the drive from Cottonwood and visiting with Dom and Cynthia this was a perfect ending for a short sight seeing day. Tomorrow we will go to the petrified forest and the painted desert.
God Bless,
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