Getting Our Kicks on Route 66

On our first night of our summer travels, we wound up in Albuquerque at the Enchanted Trails RV Park.   It is situated right off  Interstate 40.  In the 1950's, before the Interstate took over, this was along the famous Route 66, also known as the Mother Road.

Get Your Kicks on Rt. 66!

I loved the neon sign on the window.  It reminded me of the Diving Lady neon sign on Miracle Mile in Tucson during my childhood. 

Inside was another neon sign hanging on the wall, an old Hudson from the 1950's.

Even better, behind the office was a 1953 or 1954 Hudson.  Just as sleek as an upside down bathtub!  Memories flooded back to when my parents left Illinois and traveled to Arizona in a gray 1953 Hudson, pulling an old trailer behind it.  I still recall wondering if we would make it up the hills when we were creeping along.  I think I remember covering my head while I was in the back seat with my sister!

The RV park here also has several restored old trailers that they rent out by the day or week.  They are located just behind the restored Hudson.  Towards the back end of the park is this very old trailer (or should I say vintage?), which  I bet is from the 1940's. 

 

 I found the picture below on the internet (where else?).   What a difference between 1940 and the plethora of trailers that are available on today's marketplace! I sure can't image Don and I pulling one of these behind the truck across the country.  But, then again, what will RVs look like when our grandchildren are grown up?  They will probably wonder how we "made do" with our 5th wheel without all the new technology and gadgets!