Ran across a very nice article in the current USA Today of the Hackberry Store on old Rt 66 in northern Arizona. While living in northern Arizona, my friends and I stopped at the store on our trips to Nevada. It was always fun to talk to international visitors, mostly from Europe. Many of these folks save up for years to do the Rt 66 adventure.

I reckon I became jaded over the years, as I grew up in a small town in central Illinois, smack dab on old Rt 66. In fact, my hometown lays claim to the only surviving drive-in theater on the Mother Road. Needless to say, there are always plenty of photo-ops in and around the store.