Get your kicks from Route 66

Today our way followed the historical Route 66. First stop was Grants,
an old uranium mining town along route 66, with its mining museum, old
cafes and motels.

Near it we also hiked to an volcano and an ice cave! Some extremes for
the trip. Another theme for the day was the Indian reservation areas,
we drove through many and finished driving to Holbrook (surrounded by
the Navajo nation), where we also saw traditional Navajo dances and
music (not a show exactly, more like people gathered to have easy time
in the park).

Before we came to Holbrook we visited the Petrified Wood and Painted
Desert National Park, the scenery there was at times like from another
planet again.

Holbrook also has one of the great wonders of modern world: a wigwam
village motel! Yes, a motel consisting of concrete wigwams for rooms.
Unfortunately, it was booked full when we arrived to Holbrook :(.
We got into another vintage motel, Desert Motel, which is otherwise
great but we can hear the railroad loudly behind the building...