2023 Road Trip: Route 66: California II (5/18/2023)

Thursday, May 18, 2023 (continued)

Emma Jean's Holland Burger Café (1947) in Victorville, CA
(a Roadside America attraction)

California Route 66 Museum (1995) is located in the former
Red Rooster Café (1940s) (a Roadside America attraction)

As you can see, you cannot enter the parking lot from the street, and the back alley was blocked.

Old Town Route 66 Archway, Victorville, CA

New Corral Motel (1947) in Victorville, CA

Cajon Pass at 3,777'/1,151 m in elevation

Museum at the site of the Original McDonald's founded by
Maurice and Richard McDonald in 1948, after realizing
that their popular teen hangout McDonald's BBQ (1940)
was selling mostly hamburgers and fries, so they rebooted

Menu and photo of the first Golden Arches McDonald's
(1953) that was located at this site (KSS)

This unofficial McDonald's museum (1998) was started by
Albert Okura (who bought the town of Amboy, CA),
and is located in San Bernardino, CA

Almost all the items in the museum, like these Happy Meal
toys, have been donated from fans all around the world (KSS)

Frames hold photos of the donor holding the item,
and the name and country of the donor are given (KSS)

Here is an example of an item with photo

A highchair from the 1970s, and one of today

Several early McDonald's uniform shirts

A complete collection of the 101 Dalmations (1996)
BTW: Marvin H at the museum was a font of information

Wigwam Motel (1949) was the last of the Wigwam Villages
to be built by Frank Redford, in San Bernardino, CA

This "village" has 19 teepees ...

... and a swimming pool

Cucamonga Service Station (1915, restored as a Richfield
station of the 1950s) in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(a Roadside America attraction)

Magic Lamp Inn (1955), in Rancho Cucamonga,
 has an open flame on its lamp-sign at night

Madonna of the Trail (1929, by August
Leimbach) in Upland, CA is said to represent
four historic trails: the Mojave Trail, the
de Anza Trail, the Emigrant Trail, and
the Canyon Road; it also marks the western end
of the National Old Trails Highway

Foothill Drive-in Theatre (1961) marquee in Azusa, CA,
is one of a pair owned by Azusa Pacific University since 2001

Aztec Hotel (1924, by Robert Stacy-Judd in
Mayan Revival style with Spanish Colonial Revival
and Art Deco touches) (a Roadside America attraction)

Aztec Hotel with neon sign,
so it can be found at night

Aztec Hotel entrance

It was this evening that we had a very last-minute dinner date with Ellen and Jeff B, fellow Chofu High School alumni along with Kent. We appreciate that they were able to come to us for dinner, which we had already planned at California Pizza. Thank you!

Next: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.