Two Guns, Arizona on Route 66

 

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 there are many more ruins on the other side of the bridge. 

Cundiff gas station

Don't try getting gas here, there are no pumps or much of anything left.  At one time it did have two covered pump islands in the front and one on the side as well as three service bays.

Abandoned gas station with graffiti

 This is the abandoned Cundiff gas station. Every door and window is missing and the station is covered with graffiti inside and out.

Inside the garage
The service bays are just an open shell now, and there is graffiti everywhere, even on the ceiling.

 Next stop: Winslow, Arizona; Prior stop: Twin Arrows, Arizona  You can see all my Route 66 posts here.    

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