Tuesday, 9 June 2009. I sort of slept in. Today was cool in overcast. I can deal with weather like this. When I finally staggered out of the room, I found Kim trying to get his computer to hook up to the Internet. Unfortunately, he was not having much success. I went downstairs brewed up some coffee, had a few slices of bread and was now somewhat ready to face the universe.
I headed out to do some of Route 66 heading East this time. Kim decided to break up his routine and come with me. He was most patient is I stopped from time to time along Foothills Boulevard, Route 66, and take pictures. I got a couple nice ones of the Wigwam Motel.
I pulled into the parking lot at Bono’s Restaurant. I wanted to take a picture not only the restaurant but the little orange juice stand adjacent to it. This may be the last one remaining. As I started to take photos, a gentleman approached me from the restaurant. This turned out to be Mr. Joe Bono who is in the process of restoring the restaurant. It had been closed for some time following the death of his mother. He invited Kim and me into the restaurant to take a look at what he was doing. We had a nice conversation about how he planned to reopen the restaurant with an old-time theme. Before we could ask, he did show us a photo of him and his nephew, Bono. Pressing forward with the restoration as there would be a photo shoot involving the GM Volt and his restaurant along with a tie in to Route 66.
From there we headed east toward San Bernardino. I continued something from time to time to take photos. We drove both the main alignment as well as part of what was known as City 66. One item of importance along City 66 was the very first McDonald’s restaurant. It is now owned by the same person who bought Amboy, and he has turned it into a Route 66 as well as a McDonald’s Museum. Tim and I spent a fair amount of time wandering through the museum and chatting with some of the people there.
We then decided we had driven enough for the day and headed back to Kim’s place and some pizza for dinner.
June 21, 2009 at 9:13 pm |
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you had the chance to see the insides of one of our wigwams!
Hope you get the chance to sleep in a wigwam sometime soon!
Thanks,
Manny
June 21, 2009 at 11:13 pm |
Alas, alack I was only able to get some photos from the outside.
If/when I get back to the LA area, I’ll give a call first and come by.