Wednesday, July 27, 2011

After we left there, we drove up to Bellemont, which is just a spot on the freeway with a truck stop. Camp Navajo Army base is also up there, so of course, Ron wanted to stop in and see what there was to see. Their exchange consisted of two tractor trailers put together, so of course, we had to walk in and check it out. There was also a Huey helicopter and Army jeep on display, so I took a couple of picture of the helo, but, will post them later as they are on my phone. I was so surprised to see how little that helo actually was, I thought they were so much larger.

We had heard from one of the couples here at the park that the motel that appears in the opening shots of "Easy Rider", was nearby, on a portion of Rte 66. We didn't quite know where the building was and so we stopped at the Harley dealer on the same road to ask. All they told us was that it was down near the end of the road, they weren't very helpful at all. So, down the road we went. We had also heard something about the "no vacancy" sign that was used in the movie, so we just assumed we'd see it in this old motel....ha, ha! Well, the only building we saw on the way down the road was an old abandoned gas station, but, when we got out of the car, there was an old movie poster in the window about Easy Rider. So, we figured this must have been the old motel, and looking at the old cabins in back of it, those probably were part of it, too. We never did see the "no vacancy" sign, but, we took pictures of the station and cabins.

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