Once the largest city of northern Arizona, Winslow became a hub for train passengers and road trippers visiting the Painted Desert, trading with the nearby Navajo and Hopi nations, viewing the breathtaking meteor crater only 20 miles away, or camping at the nearby Homolovi Ruins State Park.
As a child growing up in California's Inland Valley, we could get just about anywhere by freeway in an hour (or so). My stepfather kept our old cars running in tip-top shape for weekending away from the sidewalks of suburbia. When you don't have the money for tickets...