Driving down the highway...

 

 Route 66

 

Memories of good restaurants cling to everyone, triggered by simple smells, quick visual flashes, some notes of music.  Maybe sautéed onions with bacon bring back that little Mom and Pop place near the childhood home.  

 

Or, is it the exquisite fresh baking bread that reminds one of a marvelous place by a favorite coffee shop? The oldies on radio summon up a summer vacation when there were many summers to come.

Whatever the sense might be, everybody identifies with a familiar  place locked in the memories of good places or unique experiences. 

What about a remote place, located in the middle of a desert wasteland?  And, if that restaurant has an unusual name, would you stop there?

                                      Good food. Good people.

 

 

RoadKill Café, 504 W. Highway 66, Seligman, Arizona, is such a place.  “Unique” isn’t adequate to describe this place.

Their motto is:  "You Kill It, We Grill It!"

Located on Route 66  just off Freeway , the town of Seligman, AZ, has kept its old West and small town flavor. 

  

The menu offers many fine entrees, such as "Splatter Platter", 

         

 Deer Delectables, Bad Brake Steak, 

 

         Fender Tender, Caddie Grilled patty,

 

         Swirl of Squirrel,  

 

Big Bagged Stag, Highway Hash, 

 

 Almost-Crossed-the-Road-Chicken, and other delights.***

 

 

                                              

 Seligman, AZ

 

These offerings have not been collected off the road. That's the vultures' jobs. They eat heartily, picking the bones.

 

Eat up, folks! 

Abandoned mine in Arizona

 

10 mines can be toured

Mind gone dry,

Mined too many times.

Rocks crumble

From inside the hill.

Nothing left to pick 

With a broken tool.

Wind echoes

Through empty caverns,

Taking wisps of ideas

Leaving dry husks

In which

Only a throbbing sound

Is heard.

 

by Susan Kane 

 

 

DeSoto mine 

 

DeSoto mine interior 

Shortage of Housing?

 

 Finding a place to live is essential to a good life.  A home can be anything and anywhere. Could you live in any of these places below? 

"Coober Pedy, located in South Australia, is recognized as the opal capital of the world, contributing over 70% of the global supply of opals. Since its establishment in 1915, following the initial opal discovery, this unique town has developed an innovative approach to managing the extreme outback heat by creating underground living spaces."

   

Portugal 

 

                                            In China, 194 grottoes  

 

Built on a cliff, it is even more thrilling than the Hanging Temple. The "Horseshoe Temple" has a history of 1,600 years.

 

A good example of Yemeni architecture, “Iman’s Rock Palace” is five stories high and has a system to cool water in earth ware jars.

Mesa Verde  

It would be a stretch to say I would or could live in any of these. When I viewed these photos, I wondered about the people who lived there with their families. I could almost hear children playing and catch the scent of food cooking. 

Tis home where e’er the heart is,
Where e’er its loved ones dwell,
In cities, or in cottages,
Throng’d haunts or mossy dell,
The heart’s a rover ever,
And thus on wave and wild,
The maiden with her lover walks,
The mother with her child.

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