Take It Easy by the Eagles

Standing on the Corner in Winslow Arizona...

We began our little road trip from Gold Canyon to the Grand Canyon by way of four historic stops. The first was Winslow AZ. Hubby and I have been to the community twice before, but did not take the time to stop or look at the historic district of the little town. We did just that on Friday. It was our first stop after climbing (driving) up the mountains and driving along the mesa(s) of northern AZ. We had an elevation gain of almost 6000' Friday morning. Lot of ear popping going on in the van!

Winslow was made famous because of Take it Easy recorded by the Eagles, a 1972 hit song AND because Winslow was a town along historic Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. The town has taken advantage of these two historic events to boost its notoriety. It was a fun stop as it had something for each of us.

The quaint street lights and flags caught our eye.

 #1 daughter and I had our cameras ready. 

A Catholic Church is one of the few active buildings along main street.

 One of the stained glass windows in the church

Another of the windows

The colored brick design of this bank building is one of the 

businesses that has succumbed to modernization. 

The well-kept building is on the corner across from

the Standing on the Corner display.

Even the park benches taut the Mother Road.

We found some interesting things in this corner souvenir shop.

 This is the photo op corner in Winslow.

Notice the pick-up truck in the window? 1972?

The life-like painted windows caught my eye. 

 I wonder why there is an eagle? DUH!!!

 Until I walked down the street on the other side to photograph

the bank and theater, I did not realize the corner display was

basically a 'fake' wall of a building. It probably was a building

at one time but now it is a wall between a park and the street.

Pretty cool.

Somebody worked hard to preserve the history of their community.

 The theater like other downtown businesses in many 

US small towns is only history.

A mural of a bustling community of days gone by.

After lunch in a locally owned Mexican restaraunt

we headed west along Interstate 40 to our next stop,

The Meteor Crater.