A MOTEL ENTRANCE
From Flagstaff to Yuma, you glide down more than 5000 ft.. En route, you pass through Prescot, Arizona; it once was the capital of the whole Arizona Territory. He was checking in a neat motel near Wickenburg with his Pinto. With both doors open, she was cooling herself off, too.
WHOLE VIEW OF THE MOTEL
This was a confortabel place too. The rate was no more than 20 dollars for a person. Any motel patron does never park his/her car by backing up like people do in Japan. Backing up a car still is not his strong point after nearly 20 years.
NO OVER NIGHT PARKING !
White boards nailed to the tree say "No Over Night Parking" and "Vehicle will be towed at owner's expenses". Maybe they were joking, or maybe not. This was some nowhere town near Vickenburg already.
US POST OFFICE
This post office was an "adobe" construction very typical in southern Arizona. With elevation lower than 1500 ft., it was hot outside, but quite cool and comfortabel inside the office.
SAGUARO CACTUS
Various species of tall cactus live in Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona and California. Especially in Arizona, you see many of the kind in wilderness as well as in the state conservation parks. The pair of "saguaro" in the picture was yet in its youth. When grown up fully, saguaro often exceeds 30 ft.
GAS AND GROCERIES
This also was very typical in Southwest. In order to abvoid heat, gas pumps are covered by a thick hangout roof. He bought 10 gallons of gas and a pack of sandwich with coke.
YUMA, ARIZONA
What you see was the downtown Yuma in those days. No idea it is much different from this, nowadays.