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• Route 66, Dreams, and Second Breakfast – Thoughts from September 19, 2024

  

  My last morning in the Roswell hotel began with a dream. I was walking up a cluttered stairwell with my mom and a cousin of ours. The cousin and I were kids. My mom was younger and could walk up and down the stairs easily. This was not the reality for my mom, especially in…

  Brian Kirwan

  September 16, 2025

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• Route 66, Tepee Hotels, and Squirrel Puppets – Thoughts from September 17, 2024

  

  Patti and I woke up in the tepee hotel early in the morning. Taking a shower in the oddly shaped shower was as weird as showering in a tepee can be. All I can say about it and the toilet is they worked. It’s good to do so we can say we did it, but…

  Brian Kirwan

  August 26, 2025

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  2024, ancient animals, being chastised, changing time zone, chicken-fried chicken, cornbread, Crackle Barrel, Crystal Forest, dinosaurs, donkey and squirrel sidekicks, donkey rubber duck, finger puppet squirrel, heavy winds, liking squirrels, local diner, losing room key, magical broom, Newspaper Rock, Oatman, oddly shapped shower, Painted Desert Visitor Center, panoramic view of the landscape, Patti, Petrified Forest National Park, petrified trees, picture of a cat, Rainbow Forest Museum, restrooms, Roomba, Roswell New Mexico, Route 66, sidekick photo friend, small towns, staying in a historic place, tepee hotel, thoughts, travelers, vacation breakfast, visitor center