Episode 0075 - Roy's Motel & Cafe on Route 66
Roy's is the first of our stops on Route 66 but this place is an original stop along the Mother Road, as opposed to our next stop that is a relatively new addition to route's lore. Just imagine seeing that big Roy's sign as you approach or staying in one of those little rooms. Awesome!
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Amboy, CA - Roy's Motel
Just wandering around the landmark of Roy's Motel in Amboy, California. Certainly a place from another time.
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Roy's Cafe and Motel Amboy, California, Route 66
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Push Start His Motorcycle At Roy's Motel And Cafe Amboy California
Push Start His Motorcycle At Roy's Motel And Cafe Amboy California • 03-13-2019
I was hanging out at Roy's Motel And Cafe in Amboy California and a guy came up to me and started talking, He was in a hurry and said someone took his car in Las Vegas and he found this motorcycle. Then he said he had to push start it. Not sure how and where he found the Honda motorcycle he was riding, but I did not want anything to do with him. He got his motorcycle filled up on $5.00 per gallon and started pushing his motorcycle to wards the road, he hopped on and got the motorcycle started and went on his way.
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Amboy & Roy's Cafe Travel Guide - Route 66 | California Travel Tips
California travel journalist Veronica Hill tours Amboy and Roy's Cafe in this episode of California Travel Tips. One of the most iconic stops along the Mojave's Route 66, Roy’s Cafe, Gas and Motel was built in 1938 by Amboy mayor Buster Burris. He dubbed it the crustiest, dustiest gas stop on all of Route 66. Originally a successful auto parts house, the building was turned into a cafe in 1945, serving up homemade chili, Route 66 burgers (double meat and double cheese) and old-fashioned lemonade. Though in the middle of nowhere, Roy's gained a loyal following (including Harrison Ford and Clint Black), and its mid-century Googie sign has become a Mojave Desert icon. In 2005, the entire town (and everything in it) was purchased by Albert Okura, a preservationist who also owns the first McDonald's in San Bernardino. Okura hopes to restore the cafe to its former glory.
To get there, exit Kelbaker Road and take a right on historic Route 66 California. The cafe is no longer in operation, but you can buy snacks and Route 66 Route Beer. The gas station sells gas at about $5 per gallon.
Roy's Motel & Cafe
Roy's, in the Mojave Desert, was uninhabited for a number of years. It was recently purchased by Albert Okura and is being restored to it's Route 66 heyday. Nothing frilly, he want's it restored to the original state. It is located in Amboy, CA on old Route 66 midway between Barstow & Needles.
Flying at Roy's Motel in Amboy, CA
Our friend from Sicily, Corrado, desperately wanted to spend the night here at Roy's Motel in Amboy. Sadly, the motel had to cease operations because of a lack of water. The service station is still open and you can buy drinks and snacks. Unsure about the status of the cafe.
Well, the idea was to shoot some aerial video and photographs of our four visitors at Roy's. MIssion accomplished thanks to the kindness of the gentleman at Roy's who gave us permission to fly and shoot.
You'll enjoy the Wikipedia article linked below. Roy's has a rich history and was another of those businesses literally killed by the construction of Interstate 40.
Historic Route 66 Ludlow ~ Amboy / Roy's Motel & Cafe
Historic Route 66 Ludlow ~ Amboy / Roy's Motel & Cafe
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Amboy Road: from Roy's to Twentynine Palms, California
This drive takes you from Old Route 66 at Amboy, California (Roy's Motel and Cafe) south to Twentynine Palms, and the Oasis Visitor Center for Joshua Tree National Park.
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Creepy Amboy California Ghost Town
Exploring Amboy, California, a creepy ghost town in the Mojave Desert.
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California Mojave Desert Ghost Town Scenic Drive (50 Degree Celsius)
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The Mojave Desert is bordered by the Great Basin Desert to its north and the Sonoran Desert to its south and east.
Topographical boundaries include the Tehachapi Mountains to the west, and the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains to the south. The mountain boundaries are distinct because they are outlined by the two largest faults in California – the San Andreas and Garlock faults.
The Mojave Desert displays typical basin and range topography. Higher elevations above 2,000 ft (610 m) in the Mojave are commonly referred to as the High Desert; however, Death Valley is the lowest elevation in North America at 280 ft (85 m) below sea level and is one of the Mojave Desert's most notorious places.
Large parts of the Mojave Desert are often referred to as the high desert, in contrast to the low desert, the Sonoran Desert to the south. Most of the Mojave Desert is above 2,000 ft (610 m), with only Death Valley and the Colorado River basin in the east (including the neighbouring Las Vegas Valley) being lower.
The Mojave Desert, however, is generally lower than the even higher Great Basin Desert to the north. The Mojave Desert occupies less than 50,000 sq mi (130,000 km2), making it the smallest of the North American deserts.
The spelling Mojave originates from the Spanish language while the spelling Mohave comes from modern English. Both are used today, although the Mojave Tribal Nation officially uses the spelling Mojave; the word is a shortened form of Hamakhaave, their endonym in their native language, which means 'beside the water'.
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Amboy CA on Route 66
A trip down the mother road to the all but abandoned town of Amboy CA on route 66.
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California's Old Route 66: Barstow to Amboy Dashcam
Let's take a drive on old US 66! Starting in Barstow and headed east, I tried to follow the old 66 pavement as much as possible... with stops at the Bagdad Cafe, Ludlow, and of course, Roy's Motel and Cafe in Amboy, California. Enjoy the bumpy ride!
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Roys Cafe, Amboy Cal. Route 66
The iconic Roys Cafe and Motel complex in Amboy, Cal. On Route 66.
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Amboy Route 66 2012. Roy's Motel and Cafe was the only gasoline, food and lodging stop for miles around that part of the eastern Mojave and was well known for both its Googie retro-future architecture added to one of the original buildings and even more famous sign, a 1959 addition. Both Roy's and the surrounding town were once owned by Buster Burris, one of Route 66's most famous characters who purchased Roy's from his father-in-law Roy Crowl, the man for whom the property is named, in 1938 and ran the town until 1995.[1]
In 1938 Roy Crowl opened Roy's as a service station on Route 66 in Amboy. Roy, together with his wife Velma, owned the town. In the 1940s Roy teamed up with Herman Buster Burris who married his daughter Betty. Together they expanded the business, keeping it open 24 hours a day and adding the motel to the service station and cafe. Business boomed in the deluge of motor tourists after World War II.[1]
The routing of the old National Trails Highway (1914) and its better-traveled successor, Route 66 through Amboy saw a steady growth of business, especially at Roy's. The complex was so busy during summer vacation that Burris placed classified ads in other states to bring in employees. Buster sold the town in 1995, and moved to Twentynine Palms where he died in 2000. The town was owned by investors Walt Wilson and Tim White who mainly used it for photo shots and to host movie companies. After the two lost it in foreclosure, it was repossessed by Bessie Burris, Buster's widow. Bessie sold the property in February 2005 to Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain, who offered $425,000 in cash and promised to preserve the town and reopen Roy's. On April 28, 2008, Roy's reopened. The renovations and repairs cost $100,000. Albert Okura also has plans to open a cafe and mini-mart at the same location.[6]
Roy's has even attracted some well-known regulars. Actors Harrison Ford and Anthony Hopkins have autographed photos on the walls of the restaurant and visit whenever their schedules allow. Ford frequently flies in and lands his plane on a nearby landing strip, one of the first ever built in California.
Roy's Cafe on Route 66
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Driving From Joshua Tree to Amboy
This drive takes us from the Park Blvd. in the town of Joshua Tree in California to Roy’s Motel and Cafe in Amboy, sixty-one miles away. Desolate beauty is the highlight here – the slowly changing desert landscape as we move from Hwy 62 in Joshua Tree and Twentynine Palms to Amboy Road in Wonder Valley is sublime. From there the road winds through a pass between the Bullion Mountains as it leaves the Morongo Basin and unrolls across a broad desert slope that ends at the salt flats near Amboy. There our travels briefly cross the remains of U.S. Route 66 in Amboy and ends at Roy’s Motel and Cafe.
“Although Amboy was first settled in 1858, the town was not established until 1883. Lewis Kingman, a locating engineer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, created the town as the first of a series of alphabetical railroad stations that were to be constructed across the Mojave Desert.
In 1926, Amboy became a boom town after the opening of U.S. Route 66. In 1938, Roy's Motel and Café opened, which prospered due to its isolated location on the route. By 1940, Amboy's population had increased to 65. Its growth was tied not only to tourists, but also to the Santa Fe Railroad over which freight trains still run today between Kingman, Arizona and the BNSF Railway Barstow, California yard.
During the Great Depression and World War II, tourism declined nationally. But the remaining travelers’ need for lodging, meals and gasoline kept the town busy. The town remained this way until the opening of Interstate 40 in 1973, which bypassed Amboy.” - Wikipedia
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