When I took a picture of this painting eleven years earlier, a friend said the frontiersman in the back was going to shoot the guy in front in the back of the head.

Near Cadiz, there were two shells of a former roadside business.

The other building at least still had a roof. The " Sinaloa" graffiti reminded me of the Bruce Springsteen song, " Sinaloa Cowboys," about two Mexican brothers  who make methamphetamine in the desert.

Road Runner's Retreat was another old 66 establishment that had been closed for at least eleven years. It amazed me how little changed in the desert.

This close-up of the sign shows that at one time it had some neat neon (I wondered if it could still light up). Note the misplaced saguaro cactus--there are none in the Mojave Desert.

The artwork on the side of the building was similar to the sign's design, except no saguaro.

There were several low ranges of mountains in the desert.

Roy's Motel and Cafe in Amboy was the only functioning roadside business on the 70-mile stretch of old Route 66 from the Goffs Road/I-40 junction to the next I-40 interchange at Ludlow.