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Two Guns, Arizona on Route 66

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  Mountain Lions Two Guns does have a casino and gas station, but everything else is basically abandoned.  Since I like abandoned and ghost towns, I was excited to go here. This is the view from the freeway (I don't advise stopping on the shoulder, traffic is going fast).  You will immediately see the "Mountain Lions" sign on a stone wall. This is the entrance to abandoned the Harry E. Miller Zoo, which, as you might imagine, had mountain lions.  Behind it, the rock cliff you see is actually the far side of Canyon Diablo, and it is deeper than it appears.   Ruined animal enclosures Call them animal enclosures, pens, or cages, this is where the animals lived.  There is a low rock wall in the front and a taller one in the back which is higher since the pens are built on a hill.  There was fencing around them but most of it has collapsed. Canyon Diablo bridge This bridge carried Route 66 over Canyon Diablo.  I didn't cross it, but I wish I had since ...