These friends, doing Rt 66 on rented Harleys, had passed right by Wilkerson's to fill up. While posing (and clowning) they marveled at the great number of "petrol stations" we Yanks had simply abandoned along 66. And of course they're right.

Wilkerson's adobe structure had partially collapsed at this point. Adobe brick, when not protected by a solid outer coating, will melt away in the rain just like an eroding hillside.