We’re taking a look back to when we purchased the Motor Palace, the former Jennie’s site and some of the progress we’ve made. Jennie’s building One of our first projects was replacing the roof on the old Jennie’s Bar building next door. Water and animals flowed freely and it was forty to fifty years old. During the…
Patience is easily …mistaken for laziness and I’ve been rightfully accused of both. A recent personal Triumph was due to about seventeen years of patience. A former employer (Ray) had a 1965 Triumph T120 Bonneville stored in a second story warehouse for twenty plus years. He acquired it from a Jaguar car dealer and collector…
From LaHabra Heights, to Winslow, to Yucca Valley, to Anaheim, to Santa Ana, and back to Yucca Valley.
How We Live The Vagabond world is a magical place filled with adventure. Not really but we’re having a good time. I won’t bore you with details on every place and haven’t thought to take many pictures. So far we’ve stayed in an overpriced crap hotel in Fullerton, a nice log cabin in Yorba Linda,…
ALL NEW MOTOR PALACE WEBSITE I deleted every file in our hosting account and crashed the website. The good news is we learned a lot about websites and blogs over the last decade. Starting from scratch allowed us to update and optimize. Our hope is to share easier to view and faster loading content. BIGGER…
WE’VE MOVED OUR WEBSITE Don’t click the link it brings you back here any way. ORIGINAL CONTENT 66MotorPalace.com has our latest news. Hop on over and see the latest. Here’s a sneak peek of what’s going on… Last Snow Cap Supper until 2017 Good Stuff in Winslow Come see us at Route66MotorPalace.com SaveSave Subscribe…
Taco Life (Originally posted on our old site. Reconstructed with help from Jay at OLAS CREATIVE and web.archive.org) Taco tracking has its rewards out west and we ended up winning three-for-three on a recent journey. Placentia CA There’s no shortage of great Mexican food in Orange County but for this post I went back to…
A few shots from around Winslow I forgot to post this so it’s going up now. I’m switching to WordPress but will keep this alive for awhile. Motorcycle Parking Pigeons around the corner How to be warm on 18° mornings Clear Creek “Rama-Rama-Rama…” (was a song in an old Ram commercial) Memorial on the Plateau…
Yesterdays Work It’s 16° outside now but will be in the mid 50s later. The important thing is it’s warm inside, I have a working coffee maker, and delicious coffee from Mojo Coffee here in Winslow. Coffee kitchen Where I’m sitting right now with fresh darker paint on walls. Morning sun Plumbing With a lot…
We ateFor details and recipes go to our Townhomesteader blog Rib-Eye Roast Sweet Potato Pie. Recipe @ 66 Pie Where we eat We messed with Motorcycles Sold some cool stuff Schott NYC Leather Jackets Motor Dolls Books Took this Picture in Black & White mode It reminds me of Albuquerque, N.M. in the late ’60s. It’s…