JUNE 14-- Meteor City Trading Post in Arizona is being restored with a little help from their friends.It has been closed since 2012, abandoned and victim of repeated vandalism.
Of course, the name meteor City was a bit misleading, because said city never had more than two people living in it, but got name from the nearby Barringer Meteor Crater. This is one neat looking place, definitely one I would stop at. It also featured the world's longest map of Route 66.
Joann and Michael Brown of Indiana bought it. Thanks guys. Always great to see a bit of classic 66 come back.
JUNE 17-- Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari, New Mexico, is under contract after being on the market for some 18 months. The original asking price was $1.2 million this time. Previously, I seem to remember the cost was $165,000 back around ten years ago, which prompted me to even think about purchasing it for my retirement years, but then I remembered how much work a motel, even a smaller one like the Blue Swallow is.
It was built in 1939 with all that neon and, of course, that eye catching neon sign. For more than 40 years, it was owned by Lillian Redman. Its renaissance began when Dale and Hilda Bakke purchased it and began restoring it in the late 1990s.
We were fortunate to stay there one night.
A Classic Tourist Trap and Motel. --RoadSwallow
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