Route 66.....

[patgund]

These were shots taken in 2005 along Route 66 between Barstow and Victorsville

(ON EDIT - Thanks to pictures done by jj_maccrimmon I have found out it was Bill Potapov’s Service Station and Motor Court. Coolness and thanks!)




This is an old stone service station between Barstow and Victorsville in Southern California. To the lower right you can see the concrete pads of the service bays.



Interior Shot. Think about it. Before the interstate, thousands of cars came by this station. Many stopped for gas, oil, water, directions. Thousands of stories, lost to time.



The old and the new, remains of the station, framing my old car. What would the mechcanics of that day done when confronted with the computer-controlled, fuel-injected, 16 valve, plastic-sided wagon that is my Saturn??



Another Interior Shot, of the station



Interior of one of the homes next to the station. Housing for the owner and workers? What stories are lost to time here??



The remains of the station again, breaking down into the desert sun



This is plywood covering one of the main building bay windows. Countless visitors have left their mark on it. You can't really see it at this resolution, but the writing in the lower right hand corner is a URL for a german website on Route 66 (http://www.route66-deutschland.de/)

Comments

[patgund.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Good timing - but his had something I didn't have - the name of the place! Thanks jj_maccrimmon

[loli-cat.livejournal.com]

Yes, leave it to him to do the methodical research! ^_^;