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Jakes Corner Bar - Arizona Backroads

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:32:44 -0700

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Jake's Corner is about 3 miles back south on AZ 188 after the AZ 87 - Beeline Highway intersection on the way to Payson. I stopped here early on a Friday morning on the way to Roosevelt Lake and the bikers were already in for some "hair of the dog" :)
57510 Arizona 188 Payson, AZ 85541

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Jakes Corner Bar - Arizona Backroads

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:32:44 -0700

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Proof Bar Entrance - Intercontinental Hotel - Toronto

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:50:27 -0700

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We visited Toronto for the wedding of our niece. We stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel Yorkville on Bloor Street across from the Royal Ontario Museum. This is the entrance to the bar and lounge.

www.toronto.intercontinental.com/
Luxury Boutique Yorkville, Toronto Hotel

Escape to our premium downtown Toronto hotel, located in the fashionable and exclusive neighbourhood of Yorkville. Our boutique hotel redefines luxury standards with sleek, crisp, yet warm and invitingly designed interiors, a uniquely personal touch to service and an approachable elegance. When you choose our downtown Toronto hotel you'll be in the heart of Yorkville, one of Toronto's most fashionable neighbourhoods, with high-end restaurants, boutiques, and art galleries only a short stroll away, as well as the University of Toronto and major museums such as the Royal Ontario Museum right across

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Cruisers Route 66 Cafe - Williams Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:45:50 -0800

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We stopped on the way home from Havasupai and Havasu Falls at Cruisers Café 66 on historic Route 66 in downtown Williams Arizona. I have always enjoyed the food here. Decent food, service & price. Great beer, good burgers & fajitas, disappointing brisket. Fun gift shop with lots of Route 66 trinkets tchochkes.

Here is my triplog of the adventure hikearizona.com/x.php?I=4&ZTN=58&UID=21152

www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g31407-d517455-Revi...
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Cruisers Route 66 Cafe - Williams AZ

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:46:05 -0800

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The Route 66 Roadhouse Bar & Grill Bellemont AZ

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:26:51 -0800

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On the way home from the Grand Canyon, I stopped in Bellemont for gas and figured it was time to check out the Route 66 Roadhouse Bar & Grill. The restaurant is great. Great food, 3 pool tables, lots of tables, lots of televisions with NFL football. You chose your meat and grill it yourself on a large grill. And there is also a Route 66 Museum attached.

I don't think US Flag etiquette says the Flag can be illuminated by a Harley-Davidson sign or a Roadhouse sign, but I wasn't about to start a fight over Flag etiquette tonight.

The Bar is built on part of the land where the Pine Breeze Motel was located. And the famous "No Vacancy" sign hangs inside.
www.legendsofamerica.com/az-bellemont.html
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The Route 66 Roadhouse Bar & Grill Man Cave

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:27:11 -0800

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I've been looking for some ideas for redecorating my man cave. This is inspirational.

On the way home from the Grand Canyon, I stopped in Bellemont for gas and figured it was time to check out the Route 66 Roadhouse Bar & Grill. The restaurant is great. Great food, 3 pool tables, lots of tables, lots of televisions with NFL football. You chose your meat and grill it yourself on a large grill. And there is also a Route 66 Museum attached. It's connected with a Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Retail store and repair shop next door. Parts of the movie Easy Rider were filmed here in Bellemont. The famous Pine Breeze Motel "No Vacancy" sign hangs in the bar.

www.legendsofamerica.com/az-bellemont.html

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The Route 66 Road House Bar & Grill - draft beer on tap

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:26:58 -0800

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Stairway to the Asylum - Jerome Grand Hotel

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:44:52 -0700

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This is the entrance to the Restaurant and Bar at the Jerome Grand Hotel. On our way home from Sedona, we stopped in Jerome to visit. My daughter watches Ghost Adventures and this was one of the particularly spooky adventures.

www.theasylum.biz/#_Welcome

verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1190&...
JEROME - The Jerome Grand Hotel may be the most haunted building in the mountainside town known as "Ghost City." Jerome residents and hotel guests have reported many tales of ghosts, spirits and other paranormal phenomena.

Now, the haunted hotel, and its haunted neighbor the Clubhouse, will be featured Friday night at 7 p.m. on the Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures."

The Ghost Adventures' crew - Zak Bagans, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin - recently spent a night in lockdown inside the Jerome Grand Hotel.

"While going through our locked-down facility," owner Robert Altherr said, "Zak and the crew made startling discoveries that surprised even us that work here at the hotel."

Altherr said the film crew was allowed only in certain parts of the hotel. Even so, he said they were really happy with the results. "Supposedly, they got some really good stuff on both buildings," he said. The crew filmed both in the hotel, which was the fourth hospital in Jerome during it's mining heyday, and in the Clubhouse, which sits next door and was the third hospital in town.

The Jerome Grand Hotel is well known as a haunted structure. Over the years, the Altherr brothers, Robert and Larry, have had a book at the front desk of the hotel for guests to enter descriptions of their own personal experience with the hotel's ghosts.

"There is an entry at least every other day," said Robert. "It will be that somebody heard something or saw something."

Some of the common experiences include orbs caught by cameras, or mist, or shadows - including, sometimes, a face. Other guests have reported seeing two red dots close together that appear to be floating up or down a stairwell or hallway.

The occurrences are so common that the Altherrs offer ghost tours, usually Monday through Thursday for the hotel's guests.

During those tours, special equipment, such as ghost meters, infra red thermometers, digital cameras and digital recorders, are used to detect signs of paranormal activity.

Robert said there are many "believers" because the evidence seems to be overwhelming. "But it isn't negative," he said. "It's mostly fun and positive."

www.jeromegrandhotel.net/Hotel_History.htm
"What makes the Jerome Grand Hotel a worthwhile place to stay, is the fact that this is probably one of the most active haunted locations in the world," according to ghostlyfavorites.com. "Due to the high level of activity in the hotel, it is a quite popular destination for amateur ghost hunters."

There are stories of strange noises coming from empty rooms; coughing, labored breathing, and even voices. Sometimes these noises come from a dark corner of a guest's room! Others report lights or TV's turning on and off. There are unexplained smells of flowers, dust, cigarettes and whiskey. Ghostly presences and unexplained activities lure many to this haunted hotel.

Two female apparitions have been seen by numerous visitors. The first, a nurse carrying a clipboard, seems more to be a memory than an actual ghost. She roams the halls, pausing at intervals and leaning down, looking at beds that no longer exist and patients long since dead. The other, a woman in white, has been identified as a woman who died in childbirth. Neither she nor her baby left the hospital halls. According to legend she is distraught over the treatment of her dead child, who was buried in an unmarked grave. According to the locals, she stalks the hotel, searching for her child's final resting place.

Experience the thrill of the ghost hunter night at the Jerome Grand Hotel. See the elevator shaft where the famous ghost, Claude Harvey, was found. Although his death was ruled accidental, hear the suspicious circumstances surrounding it! Go floor to floor in search of orbs and apparitions using state of the art equipment. Capture the ghosts on camera if you can.

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Stairway to the Asylum - Jerome Grand Hotel

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:39:56 -0700

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La Mina Cantina - Superior Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:54:32 -0800

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I hiked Picketpost Mountain just west of Superior Arizona and came into town for some entertainment. La Mina tops the list. Superior is the site of a historic copper mine and smelter.

I started thinking about songs to describe this place. I had several contenders -
"10 Shots of Jose Cuervo"" by Tracy Byrd, www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z16jVKrk2s
"I've got friends in Low places"" by Garth Brooks,
""I love this Bar"" by Toby Keith,
""He Drinks Tequila, She Talks Dirty in Spanish"" Sammy Kershaw & Lorrie Morgan www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AV8e1rN9Kc
""i think i'll just stay here and drink"" by Merle Haggard www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbOqORIvWM
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Hudson Lamp - Cruisers - Old Route 66 Williams AZ

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:12:58 -0700

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We stopped for lunch at Cruisers Café on Old Route 66 in Historic Downtown Williams AZ on our way to a camping and fishing trip at White Horse Lake in the Kaibab National Forest. They converted an old gas station and have a really funky décor with some of the old signs and hardware. Touristy. Good (not great) food.

INFORMATION ON CRUISER'S CAFE 66:

Cruisers Cafe 66
233 W. Route 66
Williams, AZ

Enjoy a nostalgic experience at the Cruisers Cafe 66! Just imagine your favorite 1950s-style favorite high school hangout, add in cocktail service, and you have this charming Cafe. Here you will find classic American favorites, such as good burgers, steaks, ribs, seafood, salads, and malts. Special decor touches, such as the large mural, stuffed buffalo, and historic cars out front make this a Route 66 favorite. Adults and kids alike enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and the jukebox tunes.

INFORMATION ON WILLIAMS, ARIZONA & ROUTE 66:

Relive the glory of Old Route 66 on the Route 66 Loop Through Williams, Arizona, the only stretch of Route 66 on the National Historic Register. At the turn of the century a muddy pathway developed along the railroad tracks. Within 20 years private booster clubs linked together sections of road to form a ribbon from Chicago to the West and it was called the Old Trails National Highway.

John Steinbeck, in 1939, proclaimed Route 66 as the “Mother Road” in his classic novel The Grapes of Wrath. When the movie was made just a year later, it immortalized Route 66 in the American consciousness.

In 1926 U.S. Highway 66 was established to serve the ever increasing highway traffic. "Route 66", the Main Street of America, came right through Williams, and a great deal of tourist-related business grew up along the famous route.

The highway's heyday saw a succession of Dust Bowl migrants, World War II troops, families on vacation, and others making their way across "the mother road". But the increased traffic overwhelmed the highway and it was gradually replaced by the interstate system. In 1984, Williams became the last Route 66 town to be bypassed by the Interstate-40.

Much of Route 66 still remains as a reminder of the past, including the "loop" through Williams. Celebrating its heritage, the town of Williams recently returned Bill Williams Avenue to its original name of Route 66. This stretch of American history was awarded National Historic Register status in 1989. Williams' share of Route 66 is also home to The Route 66 Place, featuring Twister's Soda Fountain and the largest collection of Route 66 memorabilia in town.

Today you can cruise the loop on historic Route 66 in Williams, or take a leisurely stroll along the many shops and restaurants that line this legendary roadway.

Source: www.thegrandcanyon.com/HistoricRoute66.htm
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October 13, 1984 (I wonder if it was a Friday) the last remaining stretch of Route 66 was bypassed by the opening of a six mile segment of nearby Interstate 40. But Williams lives on. It is another true Route 66 town. Williams not only survived but is at the heart of a Route 66 revival. The downtown area has been cleaned up; new streetlights, fresh paint, and sidewalks have brought the town back to life. The community takes pride in its special relationship to the Mother Road and it shows.

Williams was named for one of the most colorful of all Mountain Men, Old Bill Williams. Though it is debated whether he ever was in the area of the town and mountain that bears his name, it is a well known fact that he was "acquainted with every inch of the Far West" as he would have put it. Williams was founded in 1876 and nothing much happened here until the railroad arrived in 1882. In 1901 the Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks from Williams to the Grand Canyon and insured Williams' claim as Gateway to the Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon Railroad reopened in the late 1980's and started running train tours to the Grand Canyon from the beautiful Frey Marcos Harvey House and Depot which has been restored to its former grandeur. The Grand Canyon has always been a Route 66 destination though it is located 50 miles from the Mother Road. Route 66 was always the primary highway vacationers used to get there.

Route 66 souvenir shops offer every imaginable piece of memorabilia of the old road. There are plenty of fine motels and cafes that bring back the flavor of Route 66 in its hey day. Williams is a great place to stop and explore and maybe even stay a day or two if you have the time.

Source: www.theroadwanderer.net/RT66williams.htm

Relaxing before dinner - AZRA Grand Canyon Raft Trip

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:28:57 -0700

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Our River Guides were relaxing before having to prepare dinner. Brad is researching and recreating some of the Kolb brothers' photos for the Cline Library Archives at NAU and Dirk is looking at the original. The Bar is open. This is just above Crystal Rapid at Mile 98.3.

"The Canyon endures the trifling busyness of humans as it does the industry of ants, the trickle-down erosion of snow and freeze, the cascade of floods, the transient insult of the Glen Canyon Dam. These things shall pass. The Canyon will outlive them all." Edward Abbey, Foreward to River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon by Kim Crumbo, 1981

I rafted with Arizona Raft Adventures AZRA.
www.azraft.com/

St. Regis Bar - Manhattan - Maxfield Parrish Mural - Old King Cole

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:06:29 -0700

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We attended the 2008 MLB All-Star Game in New York. After a tough afternoon of shopping, we stopped at the St. Regis Hotel at the King Cole Bar and had a few drinks. This is the famous Maxfield Parrish mural of Old King Cole behind the bar. These three panels are estimated to be worth $12million.
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/nyregion/17painting.html?ex=13...

This is so cool what artist Ken Auster did with this painting. I am happy that he linked to my photo
www.linesandcolors.com/2010/03/20/ken-auster/

Delicious Mexican food in Flagstaff Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:03:23 -0700

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Excellent Mexican Food. Casa Bonita. Probably the best in Flagstaff, but I don't know Flag well enough to make a judgement. If Flag has better Mexican Food I would love to hear about it. I had the combination plate with an enchilada, taco and tamale. And a frozen Margarita. Might make it into my Top 20 in Arizona but it would be close. Service and ambience are 10 food a 9 value a 10. Look here for my photo of the Best Mexican Food in Arizona. www.flickr.com/photos/7202153@N03/2433269910/

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Casa Bonita sign - South Milton Rd - Flagstaff Arizona

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:03:00 -0700

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Excellent Mexican Food. Probably the best in Flagstaff, but I don't know Flag well enough to make a judgement. South Milton connects between Route 66 and I-40 so lots of traffic. The San Francisco Peaks are visible to the left of the sign.

Mel's Drive In - Highland south of Hollywood Blvd

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:16:03 -0700

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This is the historic Mel's Diner. On Highland just south of Hollywood Boulevard.

My daughter interviewed at EI (Elegance Institute) a school for Make Up Artists just south of here. She is also interviewing at MUD - Make Up Designory in Burbank

Mel's Drive In - Highland South of Hollywood Blvd

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:15:40 -0700

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Bar Americain Manhattan

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:25:45 -0700

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"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.” D.H. Lawrence

We attended the 2008 MLB All-Star Game in New York. We had dinner at Bobby Flay's Bar Americain in the Theater District in Manhattan before seeing Jersey Boys. Superb food and an exquisite dining experience.
www.baramericain.com/

Jackson Wyoming - Townsquare at dusk

nobody@flickr.com (Al_HikesAZ) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:36:10 -0700

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This is downtown Jackson Wyoming at dusk from the middle of the Townsquare. We had a great dinner at Cadillac Grill. My wife & I ate from the nice menu and the kids ate from the Billy's Giant Hamburger menu. I had an Elk T-bone - excellent. The meat is so sweet when you get down to the bone.

The Cowboy Sculpture is a tribute to Veterans.

We had a great family vacation at Jackson Wyoming. We stayed at a friends townhouse at Teton Shadows and spent a lot of time in Jackson.
www.jacksonholechamber.com/events/