Post #80421 by tikijackalope on Thu, Mar 11, 2004 2:38 PM

thejab mentioned

...continued on to Phoenix to spend the night, so we could save time the next day for Jerome and then the Grand Canyon.

I love both of those. I also love the vintage Alco streamlined locomotives that pull the train from Williams to the canyon. On topic, there is a converted ex-Dennys at the East end of Williams which I believe stays open all night but aside from looking at the boomerang profile roofline, I wouldn't recommend it. Its got that just-bought-yesterday RT66 decor and powdery scrambled eggs.
Next time, for a mix of nature's beauty and man's roadside efforts, check out the Painted Desert.

Then stay at the Wigwam motel in Holbrook...

...go South through Salt Creek Canyon...

...and on to "The Thing" East of Tucson

Btw, among the odd assortment of dubious artifacts at "The Thing" is this mask...not tiki, exactly, but as close as many masks I've seen in "tiki" restaurants.