Day Tripping in Western Arizona: Cool Springs Camp

Eric & I continue our Day Trip...

... on Route 66.

This section is also

a Scenic Route.

Ed's Camp has seen

better days.

Let's stop at Cool Springs Camp.

It was an important stop on Route 66 for many years.  In the mid-1960s, it burned to the ground.

Rusting hulks of old cars

Raw Rock Creations has

a Creation Station.

I think this is where the

museum is located. 

I'm going to take my time

looking over the vintage

Gas Station awning with

old Gas Pumps.

Rock is an abundant building material out here.  I'm not surprised to see it used for a Gas Station.

The Gas Pumps are from 

the early-20th-Century  

& the 1930s.

The decaying stone pillars must have inspired someone.  Cold Springs Camp was used in a scene of Universal Soldier in 1991 (film release date: 1992).

I wonder what the mechanism

in the red box is.

It sits next to a wheelbarrow

& a metal tub.

There's comfortable seating

with a gas sign & tires.

The Mobil Gas Sign is 

from the 1950s.

Cold Springs Camp was rebuilt in 2004 and again provides snacks and souvenirs to passersby.  

Eric with a cold bottle of

Route 66 Root Beer.

We picked up a bottle for

our son, Adam, with a 

bag of Route 66 Jerky.

Shhhh............   Don't tell Adam!