This 1927 gas station with living quarters overhead was operated by "The Mother of the Mother Road" Lucille Hamons for nearly 60-years. The pumps and sign are not original. Her adjoining motel is falling into ruins.

Barren trees in January tell the story of past frontal boundaries--as another crosses overhead.

Reddish soil coats the pickup truck speeding west on original 1931 pavement of Route 66. This explains why the concrete has a pink hue in much of OK and TX.

I-40 is just behind this vantage point.