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The next morning, following a hard night on carpet and on me, I set sail in my unsold 2. Ford Focus hatchback for the asphalt waves of I- 4. Never mind that I had no schedule to follow, empty credit cards, a fully charged cell phone, and the kind of AAA membership that tows you for 1. I couldn't bring myself to explore. Besides, I really did want to reach La Posada before it was too dark to appreciate the winter gardens. That was when I'd envisioned having to tote one or two or maybe even four hammies across the country. After that, I didn't want to stay anywhere else.

I'd crossed into Arizona without excitement: the new bridge that put an end to driving over Hoover Dam also prevents drivers from seeing any scenery (as it probably should, at that height). The sky was bleakly grey, keeping me from any photo temptations in Kingman where I stopped for gas. I didn't think much of it.

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Other than one day in Vegas and one afternoon in the El Cajon Pass, I hadn't seen snow since the Christmas Eve Miracle back in south Texas almost a decade before. I've always loved snow. Believe me or don't, and feel free to perhaps fairly judge me for taking one hand off the wheel, although maybe not if you've ever reached for the radio dial or adjusted the seat belt while driving.)(And yeah, I know it's sideways.)In Williams, right around where you exit for the Grand Canyon, the snow started flurrying across the windscreen.

By this point I'd been slowed down behind a truck in the right- hand lane, trying not to stray out of the grooves worn into the frozen muck and slush. Why are the pics that auto- rotate elsewhere no longer auto- rotating here? I don't know. I'm lazier than I am sorry, sorry.)Soon the left lane became a snowy extension of the shoulder - at first avoided by all, then shredded into our faces by the wheels of the brave (or impatient). Visibility was shot and controlling the car was tense and arduous.

That came later, when I was cozy at the Woodlands Radisson, wondering whether I was just a huge wuss. Watch Crumb Online. Sure, I'd grown up in Michigan and had seen a lot worse, but let's face it - we'd moved right after I got my learner's permit. I'd just traded a dangerous highway for..

Surely a road was underneath somewhere. Yes, I was on Route 6. Don't tell anyone.

The people were extremely friendly. They didn't answer the phone for room service (after I tried getting delivery everywhere else), but they were very friendly. Vegetarians who don't care for Japanese fare are bizarrely out of luck. The hotel has two restaurants - one with a range of American fare, and another that's like a Benihana. There is one vegetarian dish on the regular restaurant menu, and it's a Japanese noodle dish with . Not a wuss after all!) The following day was already declared to be a snow day for schools. Oh mercy, I thought.

Please don't trap me in the otherwise- cool Flagstaff in the one hotel where I can't get a cheese fix. Eventually I went down to the lobby and talked the (very nice) restaurant guy into giving me a cheeseburger without the meat.

A grilled cheese would be great! We can do that. I had a grilled cheese for lunch. It was so gross. Luckily I also talked them into giving me sides from two other dishes - coleslaw and bleu cheese mashed potatoes. The latter was decent. I ate all of the above while watching Knight and Day, and I fervently hoped that the roads would be good enough to get out of Flagstaff the next morning.

All I needed was one hour. I was supposed to be dining in La Posada's Turquoise Room, darnit! Oh, that cheese bun was sad. A special seven- dollar sadness.

The next morning (by which I mean noon, because Mike doesn't get home from work until after 2 a. Excuses: cold, eager to travel, history of not taking 2. During my sequestration I'd learned all about AZ5.

NMRoads. com - live highway traffic maps from Arizona (including webcams) and New Mexico, respectively. The Arizona highway was in good shape (as was Flagstaff - blue skies and plowed streets), but around Gallup waited 3. Sure, it's not even halfway to the New Mexico border, but.. Did I even see the Twin Arrows last time?

I mean, really not. The town was once poised to be the hub of northern Arizona, where the planes all stopped over, where a highway had to be divided for the first time in Arizona's history because of all the traffic, where Fred Harvey built a beautiful hotel serving consistently good food to accommodate the rush of train passengers as he changed America's leisure travel scene and expectations, where I had no idea about any of this as I sat - debating - in the La Posada parking lot..

And besides, I'd already seen the famous corner. At least I'd be 3.

Texas, eh? It wasn't even that Winslow wasn't exciting enough for me (it was) or La Posada wasn't impressive enough (I had only seen the parking lot, and it seemed nice), but I was feeling pretty guilty about stopping after only driving for an hour. Dad was looking forward to my arrival, and an extra night at a hotel could buy a bunch of other things.

Was I really thinking about safety, or was I just stuck on an idea that may not even be All That? The only photo I have was taken from a different door and it only shows the gift shop - not the attractive historic doodadery that makes up the front desk area.). Ignore that photo, actually. It's a terrible introduction to La Posada.). The woman at the front desk was extremely nice (I'd find over the course of my visit that they all were). I'd already scoped out the room possibilities via the website and Flickr, and I'd decided on either a whirlpool room or a deluxe room, depending on what was available. I mentioned that, and the young woman said she'd show me a few of the rooms.

See, I'd made a little spreadsheet (OF COURSE I DID) as I'd viewed the rooms online, and the one I kind of liked the best was the Emilio Estevez room, which was available. The man is talented, but for me he will always be the guy who - according to a Rolling Stone article in the mid- 8. Demi Moore with her earwax while they were dating, and that is (alas) not a euphemism.

The crap I remember.. The latter two were up the stairs. I did the Charming Fat Thing of asking extended questions about the room so I could catch my breath before we traveled on. La Posada doesn't have an elevator, but I didn't mind the steps. The view wasn't as nice as the Lauren Hutton, and it did mean hauling my heavy luggage to the upper floor, but there was just something about the cozy layout.

I also liked the location: at the end of the gallery hall, by itself. What else does one need?). Mary Colter's original hand- painted windows are just outside the door. The photo below was taken just outside of that hallway, showing the way down the main lot of step with an original mural (one of three to survive) above. Points for trying to do more than point and shoot, though, right? Well, you will just have to imagine the sweet little owl statue just outside the window.).

The mural is worth a second look. The . I actually hesitate to mention it here because a life- ban from La Posada would genuinely break my heart, but I had brown glass bottles of Bundaberg ginger beer in the car which might've frozen and exploded if I hadn't brought them in, and once they were in.. This was new to me. I also loved feeling the coolness as I walked past windows. I wasn't cold, but I wasn't stuffily insulated from the outside.

It was all a piece, a sense of wholeness and integration. I imagine dropped tile ceilings where bored men in short sleeves and wide ties could toss a pencil up and make it stick.. Watch Hollywood &Amp; Wine Online Metacritic.

I don't know if the rooms there have their original walls or not, since all the rooms I saw were in the east wing. I suppose I could've gone up the steps here to look at the west wing, but I didn't even think of it.

Oh, and then I'd have to go buy a house to properly display it.