FEELIN' GROOVY

Photographer Dawn Kish’s sister, Laura Franke, poses outside an old railroad car at La Posada, a Mary Colter-designed inn in Winslow.

Kish says she’s been eating at Flagstaff’s Grand Canyon Café for more than 17 years. She recommends the patty melt with extra-crispy fries (pictured), along with the pot stickers.

Decaying buildings mark the location of Two Guns east of Flagstaff. An entrepreneur once tried to lure traffic from Route 66 by operating a zoo here.

“Twin Arrows in Flagstaff is now a casino,” Kish says, “but the iconic arrows, which were recently renovated, still make a great photo op.”

Meteor City, named for nearby Meteor Crater, is the home of this giant dreamcatcher. “You can see the San Francisco Peaks through it,” Kish says.

“Grand Canyon Café used to have table jukeboxes, but they don’t work anymore,” Kish says. “Bummer.”

A mural marks the location of Two Guns. “It’s a must-stop along Route 66,” Kish says. “It’s famous for some bizarre ghost stories.”

“Many of the old Route 66 motels in Flagstaff have gone out of business or become Best Westerns,” Kish says, “but the 66 Motel is still there.”

Vintage automobiles are common sights in Seligman, the town that helped inspire the 2006 animated film Cars.

Winslow’s Standin’ on the Corner Park re-creates a line from Take It Easy, a 1970s Eagles hit.

Downtown Winslow celebrates its Route 66 heritage with a large road marker painted on the road.

La Posada’s old train depot recalls the hotel’s history as a Harvey House along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

“Grand Canyon Caverns is close to Peach Springs,” Kish says. “There, you will find underground caves and dinosaurs.”

Reminders of the heyday of Historic Route 66 are everywhere in Seligman, including on the floor of Delgadillo’s Snow Cap Drive-In.